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Hollrback in action – the fastest QR code reader we’ve experienced
Yesterday, when Jimmy Winter of RockDex stopped by our office to say hello, we cut a short video of us demonstrating the use of Hollrback, a contact management iPhone and web app that launched out of Omaha yesterday. Also, Hollrback’s creator, Gabe Kangas, published a thorough post yesterday on his personal blog, Gabe’s Digital Life…
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More on SmartyPig: Interview with BitMethod & account rate update
In our article yesterday covering the release of the SmartyPig iPhone app, SmartyPig COO Michael Ferrari gave a nice mention to BitMethod, a mobile…
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What exactly is DesMob.com?
Over the holidays a curious new website, DesMob.com, launched with pictures of people throughout Des Moines’ creative class. It’s a side project from 8/7 Central, a screen printer and creative agency. The website describes itself as a “virtual rolodex” but we weren’t exactly sure what to make of it. I recently had the chance to…
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Benaissance reaches profitability in under two years
The Omaha-based insurance software administrator Benaissance didn’t start overnight. It started about 15 years ago when John Jenkins (left) founded COBRA Outsourcing Company, the company that would lead Jenkins and Mark Waterstraat (right) to found Benaissance. In 1995, Jenkins built COBRA Outsourcing Company (COCO) as a third-party…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Extended Speaker Q&A
(Photo by Malone & Company) Today, we’re releasing the tenth presentation in our video series from Big Omaha 2010! This video features the “Extended Speaker Q&A” in which we brought back on stage six of our speakers: Jason Fried of 37signals, Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV and VaynerMedia, Scott Belsky of Behance, Dennis Crowley…