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Thinc Iowa Video Series: Scott Case of Startup America Partnership
The sixth speaker in our Video Series is Scott Case, CEO of the Startup America Partnership, which is an independent, private-sector entity that brings together mentors, advisors, funders, major corporations and service providers to deliver the resources needed to help entrepreneurs start and scale companies. In his talk, Case described the types of …
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Thinc Iowa Video Series: Jerri Chou of Lovely Day
The fifth speaker in our Video Series is Jerri Chou, founder and managing partner of Lovely Day, which works to make innovative social solutions the new standard for “business as usual.” A social innovation expert, Chou also founded All Day Buffet, an organization whose mission is to change the world through creativity and business …
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Update 2: Google Transit still en route to Omaha
Following our post in July reporting that Google Transit wasn’t in the plans for Omaha’s public transit system, Metro, we published an update correcting our story and breaking the news that the service would go live in September. Now, as we near the end of October, Google Transit has yet to be implemented …
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Hudl hits 5,000 partners in 2011, co-founders reflect on milestone (Video)
Hudl hit 5,000 paid clients — or “partners,” in Hudlese — for the year late last week, and the Lincoln-based startup is marking the milestone with a new video featuring reflections from its co-founders, David Graff, Brian Kaiser and John Wirtz. Hudl, a web-based video and analysis tool for sports coaches, figured to see sales…
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Winter, Whitten teaming up to launch VoterTide in November
It’s nothing more than a splash page at the moment, but if I had to cast my vote for what will soon be unveiled by two Omaha entrepreneurs I’d say something interesting is in the works. Earlier this year, RockDex founder Jimmy Winter began applying his startup’s technology, a social media monitoring …
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Thinc Iowa Video Series: Robbie Vitrano of Trumpet Group
The fourth speaker in our Video Series: Robbie Vitrano, co-founder and chairman of Trumpet Group, a venture marketing company that is a manifestation of the reinventing of New Orleans. In his talk, Vitrano shared a personal story to show how creativity can be applied in a way that has more impact both in business development…