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Startup Community Revolution: Caffeinating Communities
(Guest post by Nate Olson) This morning was a whirlwind. At 11:00 a.m. CST I joined a Google Hangout with a coffee shop full of smiling entrepreneurs in Reno, Nev., who were launching their very first 1 Million Cups. As I saw the excitement in this room packed with 50 or so entrepreneurs, I was…
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Phone2Action calls in win at SXSW Accelerator
Turns out Kansas City, Mo.-based Phone2Action truly was dialed in at the South by Southwest Interactive Accelerator on Tuesday. The mobile advocacy startup outdueled seven early-stage companies to win the News Technologies category after two rounds of presentations. Co-founders Jeb Ory and Ximena Hartsock will head home with $4,000, two tickets to next year’s SXSW…
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EntrepreneuringDays@UNL recognizes alum, student startups
Hurrdat founder and CEO Blake Lawrence on Tuesday received the “New Company Entrepreneur Award” at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Distinguished Entrepreneur Awards, part of the EntrepreneuringDays@UNL event. Lawrence graduated from UNL in 2009 and went on to …
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Big Omaha 2013 tickets now on sale!
The first batch of Big Omaha individual tickets are now on sale! We look forward to each of Big Series events, but today we’re excited to begin to find out the names of our Big Omaha 2013 attendees. Since its inaugural year, Big Omaha has sold out – last year, it took only a matter…
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Welcome Sticker Mule, our 2013 Big Series sticker partner
Get your laptops, beer fridges and water bottles ready because the good folks at Sticker Mule have come on board to provide stickers for each of the three Big Series events in 2013. We’re big fans of Sticker Mule and the quality of the work they produce. If you’ve grabbed a Silicon Prairie News, Big…