October 26, 2011

  • Proxibid launches ticket site, unveils other upgrades

    Come for the Taylor Swift tickets, stay for the rare stamp auction. Those may not be the exact specifics envisioned, but that’s the sort of user engagement pattern Proxibid appears to have in mind with the launch of its new website, Proxibid Tickets. Proxibid, an Omaha-based real auction marketplace, on …

  • Council Bluffs rolls out free wifi, plans for celebration tonight

    The City of Council Bluffs has teamed up with Google to roll out the Omaha metropolitan area’s first free public wifi. Thanks to a $154,462 grant from the internet giant, Council Bluffs is giving free access to the web to anyone in and around three areas of the city: downtown and 100 Broadway District, Mid…

  • Guest Post: Thursday’s AWS Lean Startup live stream is worth a watch

    I’ve often said that getting a technology startup launched has never been easier. So many services, software and …

  • Thinc Iowa Video Series: Andy Murray of Saatchi & Saatchi X, Mercury 11

    The third speaker in our video series is Andy Murray, founder and chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi X, a worldwide advertising network for which he oversees marketing and advertising and technology efforts. Also this year, Murray launched Mercury 11, a company that mentors entrepreneurs with disruptive ideas. …

  • Vaynerchuk presenting at free Sioux City event on Nov. 4

    Need a dose of motivation? Have no fear, Gary will be here. Making a return trip to the Silicon Prairie, Gary Vaynerchuk is scheduled to speak at a free and open to the public event at 1:45 p.m., Friday, Nov. 4 in Sioux City, Iowa. As part of the Siouxland Social Media Conference organized by…

  • Thinc Iowa Video Series: Paige Craig of BetterWorks

    The second speaker in our Video Series: Paige Craig, co-founder and CEO of BetterWorks, a platform where businesses can quickly create better, more rewarding work environments for their employees. In his talk, Craig focuses on passion and how to build a company, honing in on one of his principals, thinking big and executing small. In…