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On entrepreneur tour, IdeaMensch finds variety, passion in Omaha
Four guys in a Honda Element rolled into Omaha on Friday afternoon, 31 days into a four-month, 48-state entrepreneur tour across the country. In some ways, their eastern Nebraska excursion was exactly like any of the 50 stops they’re making throughout the U.S. between early July and late October. In other ways, it had a…
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CrowdSavings snaps up Midwest daily deal network Deal Garden
Omaha-based daily deal network Deal Garden has been acquired by CrowdSavings, a Tampa, Fla. company that operates more than 60 local daily deal sites. With the purchase, CrowdSavings adds six Midwestern cities, including Sioux City, Iowa and Lawrence, Kan., along with a regionally-focused vacation deals site. “We are extremely pleased with the success …
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Incubator with StartupCity Des Moines ties comes to northwest Iowa
Leann Jacobsen hopes establishing StartupCity Spencer, an incubator using the same name and approach of a Des Moines incubator, can put the northwest Iowa town of less than 12,000 people on the entrepreneurial map. “With the talented people that reside here …
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Events: SPN birthday party, IdeaMensch, Meet the VC and more
Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it’s happening in the Silicon Prairie, you’ll find it here. For more, visit our events page for a calendar of upcoming events from us and others…