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SXSnippets: AgLocal embraces ‘awesomely weird’ Austin
8:45 a.m. – It’s day four for the AgLocal team, and we’re already droppin ya’lls and agreeing that Austin is in fact awesomely weird (and uh yes, the locals would like to keep it that way). We’re up early to grab some provisions for a bbq we’re hosting at our Airbnb house. Local rancher Windfall…
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Phenomblue think tank produces Movie Lotto, Daydreamer
For about a year now, Omaha ad agency Phenomblue employees have been seeing what they can do outside their daily tasks of digital advertising. “The agency elects a committee of three team members twice a year to solicit and select ideas and ultimately execute an experiential interactive project,” said Joe Olsen, CEO of Phenomblue. Known…
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Auto application developer to bring headquarters, jobs to Overland Park
Automotive Technology Services (ATS), a company that develops mobile applications for the auto industry, announced this morning at the Kansas City Area Development Council’s board meeting that it will make its headquarters in Overland Park, Kan., bringing 26 jobs with it. The flagship product for ATS is AutoFlipr …
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Hear Nebraska spreads word about local music, involves tech community
Andrew Norman, editor-in-chief of Hear Nebraska, doesn’t want the rest of the state to grow up like he did: knowing nothing about the plethora of music being created all over Nebraska. The small town of Imperial, Neb., had the Internet when he was growing up, “but not at my house,” Norman (far left) said. “So…
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SXSnippets: Checking in from a sun-splashed Sunday at South By
11:00 a.m. – The day started a little later than usual (taxis!), but it began with a bang as we met with Phil, Manager of Emerging Tech for VaynerMedia (Gary Vaynerchuk’s agency). The rest of the team took the divide and conquer approach, attacking sessions on the campus: an interview about “the tragedy of comments”…
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Dundee VC participates in TechStars founder’s new $28m fund
Dundee Venture Capital, an Omaha-based firm founded by Hayneedle co-founder Mark Hasebroock, announced Thursday that it invested in TechStars founder David Cohen’s new $28 million fund, Bullet Time Ventures II, a fund independent of the Boulder, Colo.-based startup accelerator. “While we normally focus on specific companies,” Hasebroock said on Dundee VC’s blog, “as a TechStars…