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For mid-week motivation: notable nuggets from Berkshire Weekend
Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders meeting has come and gone, and with it so have the Nebraska Furniture Mart discounts that I, a proudly parsimonious purchaser, will kick myself until next year for missing. But fear not, fellow unfulfilled bargain hunters: there’s still value to be gleaned from last weekend’s Woodstock for Capitalists, and I don’t…
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Two weeks in, Engage Omaha seeing ‘extraordinary’ growth (Video)
Since collaborating to launch a virtual townhall website last month, the city of Omaha and local startup MindMixer have found Omahans to be, in a word, engageable. Two weeks removed from the April 20 launch of EngageOmaha.com, MindMixer founder and CEO Nick Bowden said the website has experienced growth unparalleled by similar sites his company…
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Hidajat named regional finalist in the ‘Doodle 4 Google’ competition
Once again, young Nathan Hidajat has made the local technology news, this time as a regional finalist in the “Doodle 4 Google” competition. In March, the internet giant invited students in grades K-12 to submit a drawing along the theme of “What I’d like to do someday…” Hidajat’s entry, which related directly to the charity:…
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Maker Faire: Kansas City set for June 24-26; entry deadline is Friday
Maker Faire: Kansas City is coming to Union Station from June 24-26, and the deadline for submissions for the event is Friday. Maker Faire is a three-day event that aims to highlight and bring together science, art, craft and engineers to showcase their work and inspire others to become makers. With the guidance of the…