March 23, 2011

  • Moglia outlines his winning strategy in Summit keynote (Video)

    In seemingly every arena that he’s competed, Joe Moglia has been a winner. Now the chairman of the board at TD Ameritrade and president and coach for the Omaha Nighthawks, Moglia carries a résumé that includes both Ivy League football championships as an assistant at Dartmouth — the Big Green was one of several teams…

  • Five Silicon Prairie startups at SXSW and how they fared

    (Photo by Janae Weinbrenner of Imijfoto) Leading up to South by Southwest Interactive I wrote a post about five startups from the Silicon Prairie that I thought had a chance to break out at the five-day conference – “Five Silicon Prairie startups that could break out at SXSW.” With this post, I wasn’t predicting any…

  • Infotec coming back to Qwest Center on April 19-20

    Keynote speeches from four national business leaders and almost 100 track presenters are among the offerings this year at Infotec, which is coming to Qwest Center Omaha…

  • Cornstalks ‘Demo Night’ happening next Thursday, March 31

    (Photo by Ken Yeung via Flickr.) Cornstalks will be switching things up on March 31, replacing its usual monthly speaker series with a Demonstration Night, an event showcasing new products of local tech startups. Some will be new names, while others will be existing startups. For those who have never experienced a “demo” event, this…

  • PrairieCast with Sam Schill & Shane Reiser (Video)

    On this week’s PrairieCast Andy Brudtkuhl and I were joined by guests Shane Reiser of Startup Weekend and Sam Schill of the Sigler Companies. Discussed this week: Teams continuing on from Startup Weekend Des Moines, Experiences at South by Southwest Interactive, Zaarly goes live at SXSW, sets to expand to other cities, Startup Weekend alum…

  • Summit speakers share successful strategies for startup growth (Video)

    Brian Kaiser never could find a company with the kind of culture he craved. So he started his own. Kaiser, who co-founded Hudl and today serves as CTO of the Lincoln-based company, spoke last month at the Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship about the role culture has played in the rapid growth of his company, which…