Big Omaha 2011: Friday speakers in the spotlight

Haven’t had time to study up on all of this year’s Big Omaha speakers? Not to worry; we can help you cram. We’ve combed the world wide interwebs to come up with a couple of stories, interviews, videos or otherwise noteworthy nuggets on each of our Big Omaha presenters so that you can brush up…

Micah Baldwin, who spoke at the innaugural Big Omaha, is back again this year and will take the stage Friday morning. Photo by Malone & Company

Haven’t had time to study up on all of this year’s Big Omaha speakers? Not to worry; we can help you cram. We’ve combed the world wide interwebs to come up with a couple of stories, interviews, videos or otherwise noteworthy nuggets on each of our Big Omaha presenters so that you can brush up before you sit down at KANEKO on Friday morning.

Gary Vaynerchuk, Co-Founder of VaynerMedia

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Philip Kaplan, Entrepreneur in San Francisco

Neil Blumenthal, Co-Founder of Warby Parker

Micah Baldwin, CEO and Chief Community Caretaker of Graphic.ly

  • From Learn to Duck: “Cars and Sweet Tea,” on Baldwin’s recently experiences speaking at FutureMidwest and LessConf and the answers to questions he frequently encounters from entrepreneurs at conferences like those and Big Omaha
  • From Publishers Weekly: “Digital Comics Offerings Growing for Nook,” on the launch of digital comics on Barnes & Noble’s Nook eReader, a move that Graphic.ly has been a prominent player in

Marc Eckō, Founder of Artists & Instigators

Travis Kalanick, Co-Founder and CEO of Uber

Bo Fishback, Founder and CEO of Zaarly

This story is part of the AIM Archive

This story is part of the AIM Institute Archive on Silicon Prairie News. AIM gifted SPN to the Nebraska Journalism Trust in January 2023. Learn more about SPN’s origin »

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