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Startup Weekend Iowa City starts Sept 30, Tony Hsieh slated as keynote
Pulling out the tech scene star power, Startup Weekend Iowa City (Sept. 30 – Oct. 2) is featuring a video introduction by Zappos CEO and best-selling author Tony Hsieh. “(I) defintely encourage all of you, if you’ve got an idea, pitch it,” Hsieh says in a five-minute video that also features Dylan Bathurst of Zappos’…
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As part of ‘Big 5,’ Chamber aims to make KC ‘most entrepreneurial city’
Within five years, Kansas City will represent the pinnacle of entrepreneurship in the United States, at least if the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce has its way. The Chamber on Tuesday announced “the making of America’s most entrepreneurial city” as one of its “Big 5” ideas for the Kansas City area over the next…
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View from the FishBowl – Negotiation Series Finale: Set parameters, avoid a tie, negative sell and more
My final blog on negotiation includes several points that I wanted to make when thinking about how I appraoch negotiations and various lessons I have learned that helped me in my career. These points have to do with how to approach the negotiation table and how to manage yourself during the …
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Stack, Omaha Creative Week bring out the community (Photos)
Last week, two unconferences took place in Omaha amidst Omaha Creative Week. On Tuesday, Stack, an event geared towards advertising and design professionals, attracted nearly 100 attendees. On Saturday, BarCamp Omaha, an event with three tracks – entrepreneurship, creative and technology – bought together more than 200. Together, that’s more than 300 individuals (with some…
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PrairieCast with David Graff of Hudl (Video)
Episode 55: The one where we talk football and startups – This week on PrairieCast our guest is David Graff, CEO and co-founder of Hudl, the Lincoln-based sports technology venture that now provides video software to more than one third of all high school sports teams in the US. Graff is one of our most…
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Twists, turns lead Ginkens and company to ideal position
When Erin Ginkens opened the current chapter of her career five years ago by leaving a job to launch her own business venture, she did so with what she believed was a pretty good idea of how the story would play out. “I thought that I was going to market a billing program I had…