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A chain of events made from fiber – last call to action
One day, I read that Google wanted to roll out fiber based Internet service. This means faster gaming, faster downloading and faster sending people stuff. I like that, so I nominated the Omaha-metro area at the Google Fiber for Communities page. You should too…
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Traditional Business Skills: An interview with Mike McCarthy
Mike McCarthy is the founder of McCarthy Capital, an Omaha-based private equity firm. Prior to the 2010 Young Professionals Summit, Joe Olsen of Phenomblue sat down with Mike to talk about business skills, entrepreneurship…
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Congrats to Ben Schaechter, a.k.a. Bentern
Many of you who follow Silicon Prairie News regularly or attend some of our events, are likely familiar with former BrightMix intern Ben Schaechter (a.k.a. Bentern). Ben spent the summer working at the BrightMix / SPN office, building out his company GoPollGo, and has recently accepted a position at Techcrunch…
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Startup Weekend Omaha: Video of winner’s presentation
Sunday night, after a long weekend of pitching, hacking, designing and loitering at What Cheer, GiftBright.com was selected as the winner of the first Startup Weekend Omaha…