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Check out the nearly 3,000 photos of Big Omaha 2012
From Big Omaha 2012 opening to closing party, morning to afternoon speaker and serious to silly photo booth pose, here’s the round-up of the thousands of photos snapped by our stills and motion content partner, Malone & Company of Omaha. You’ve already been seeing Malone’s work featured in our Big Omaha coverage, and in the…
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Ready or not, it’s the return of the Big Omaha Startup Swag Roundup
Back by a combination of popular demand and this editor being a glutton for awkwardly asking, “Can I, um, take a picture of your T-shirt?” (OK, mostly the latter), it’s another edition of the Silicon Prairie Startup Swag Roundup®. Last May at Big Omaha, the first installment of The Roundup left you wanting more. In…
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When you know it’s time to quit your day job and launch a startup
(This is a guest post by Bo Fishback.) I get questions about this a lot. It seems that just about everyone wants to “do a startup,” and that just about that same number of people (read: everyone) “has an idea.” But if that’s the case, why isn’t everyone working for themselves? Setting aside for the…
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BitMethod to celebrate launch of Change with event Thursday
BitMethod is go for launch on its mission at Mars. Mars Cafe, that is. BitMethod, a Des Moines-based web and mobile app development shop, will celebrate the release of its new product, Change, with a shindig from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday at Mars Cafe. The event will also serve as a celebration of BitMethod’s third birthday.…
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Ben Lerer relishes the daily work to build Thrillist Media Group (Video)
Ben Lerer once had his sights set on the grand finale, the part in which he thought his company would receive enough money to “crash planes into boats, or other awesome stuff like that.” But over time, he learned that what’s more important than the destination is the daily work, the entrepreneurial journey on the…
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Startup Weekend Omaha returning Sept. 21-23 to The Mastercraft
Startup Weekend will make its fourth appearance in Omaha from Sept. 21-23, the event’s organizers announced earlier …
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Confessions of a Big Omaha emcee
Let’s get this out of the way. Big Omaha isn’t just a conference. It’s much more. Big Omaha is a family. This is not hyperbole. “Who makes you better?” This is the question I posed to attendees as we kicked off an amazing two days of speakers, best practices, laughs, tears, hugs, high-fives, shoulder shakes,…
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Welcome to our new sponsor, TSYS Merchant Solutions
We’re excited to announce today that TSYS Merchant Solutions has joined us at the latest sponsor of our online efforts here at Silicon Prairie News. TSYS first came on …