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Recap of 2010 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship
This year marked the fourth annual Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship held in Lincoln, Nebraska. Organized by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the event brings together over 400 educators, business leaders, government officials, entrepreneurs and small business owners to talk about different aspects of entrepreneurship and take a look at how Nebraska measures up in some of…
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Comments of the Week: Joe Olsen’s cameo and ‘I live in Omaha’ reasons
From Jimmy, Mar 5: I think Joe eating in the background makes this weekly wrap up the greatest ever! | From Wendy Townley, Mar 6: I live in Omaha because our small-town flavor complements our big-city feel, making almost anything possible.
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YP Summit keynote Blake Mycoskie discusses sustainability, bootstrapping
A big congratulations to the Greater Omaha Young Professionals for yet another outstanding Young Professionals Summit. Blake Mycoskie of TOMS Shoes was the luncheon keynote speaker, and after his presentation he sat down with me to highlight some of his talk’s key points as well as more of the story around when he launched TOMS…
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Weekly Wrap Up with guest Jimmy Winter of RockDex
Mentioned this week: * Filming on location in the RockDex office in the home of its founder Jimmy Winter * Interview with Rachel Jacobson of Film Streams * Series on new online publication on the Prairie * Startup Weekend Omaha coming March 19-21 * Show guest Jimmy Winter talks about the new version of RockDex…
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Thank you to the Silicon Prairie Party sponsors!
We’re just a few days away from the Silicon Prairie Party at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin and we want to express a huge thank you to our sponsors from across…