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Hayneedle co-founder to launch ecommerce, SaaS startup accelerator
A little more than 10 years ago, Mark Hasebroock teamed up with two other Omaha entrepreneurs to buy and turn Hammocks.com into a viable business. Today, that company is known as Hayneedle, and it’s one of the internet’s largest retailers. Hasebroock (left), who now manages a venture capital fund, has a new goal in the…
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CBS invests in TV-streaming startup Syncbak
CBS Corporation this morning announced that it has made a minority investment in Marion, Iowa-based startup Syncbak. Founded in 2009, Syncbak provides a television streaming platform that utilizes mobile devices’ location-based authentication technology to allow local news networks and affiliates to push content to viewers in their area. The media giant did not disclose the…
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My Instagram feed tells the story of a growing KC startup community
Storytelling is a beautiful, ever-evolving art form and Instagram is one of its vehicles. As I was scrolling through my feed last Friday, I stopped for a second to reflect on the events of the past few months and the impact of those events on the Kansas City startup community. Our inaugural Big Kansas City…
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Bill to nearly double Nebraska’s angel tax credit funding fails
An effort to increase the funds set aside for Nebraska’s angel investment tax credit from $3 million to $5 million met its match Friday as lawmakers failed to give the bill a first-round approval, according to the Omaha World-Herald. Created in 2011, the program provides tax credits to angel investors …
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Omaha mayoral candidate meet and greet events are April 24 and May 3
Leading up to the City of Omaha’s general election May 14, The Mastercraft will serve as the venue for two meet and greet events with mayoral candidates Jean Stothert (left) and Jim Suttle (right). It’s important for the future of our city to have a mayor that not only understands, but supports Omaha’s high level…