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Omaha Code School student starts blogging his experience for SPN
(Guest post by Andy von Dohren) Omaha Code School is the first course of its kind in Omaha. There are lots of similar courses in larger cities across the nation, such as New York and San Francisco, where our instructor, Sumeet Jain, lived and taught a similar course. After he moved to Omaha, he and…
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Weekly Recap: Omaha poised for success, ClusterFlunk’s best reads
Every Monday we’ll share some of the interesting regional content we’ve read over the last week. Here’s the recap for last week…
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Big Omaha speaker Ellen Gustafson’s efforts help feed the malnourished
Silicon Prairie News is thrilled to welcome entrepreneur, innovator, author and sustainable food system activist Ellen Gustafson to Big Omaha this year. Over the past decade, Ellen has gained extensive experience developing the conversation and examining the compelling juxtaposition of the incline in both starvation and obesity. Food Tank, FEED, The 30 Project and Change…
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Lincoln’s Jumpstart Challenge will tackle real estate, insurance problems
100+ people making it happen at the JumpStart Challenge pic.twitter.com/aQ2SohenRf — Brian Ardinger (@ardinger) February 22, 2014 More than 100 tech entrepreneurs gathered in Lincoln Saturday to find out the problems they will solve in the first JumpStart Challenge. The competition offers three challenges to tackle, including problems from HomeServices real estate, INSPRO Insurance and…
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Drink-counting koozie Bevometer launches Kickstarter campaign
With 18 days to go, Des Moines startup Bevometer is working toward a $5,000 Kickstarter goal that will help fund its first batch of product orders. A former 1 Million Cups Des Moines presenter, the startup created a device resembling a koozie…