March 20, 2014

  • Big Omaha speaker Ingrid Sanders empowers lifelong learners

    In 2012, Ingrid Sanders had more than a decade of experience in the tech industry under her belt as a digital strategist. It was then that she took a step back, traveling the world on a six-month sabbatical. She spent her time studying with experts in yoga, meditation, nutrition, relationships and ukulele. The trip became…

  • Turn your voice into instrumental notes through Ames-based app

    With 21 days to go, Evan Balster has already exceeded his $20,000 Kickstarter goal for imitone, an app for PC and Mac that turns your voice into musical notes in real-time. The project, which was 50 percent funded after only 27 hours, was fully funded within a week. Imitone acts as a MIDI (music instrument…

  • 1MC Omaha takes new approach with VoterTide “postmortem”

    1 Million Cups Omaha-Lincoln took an unconventional approach to its usual weekly presentation and networking event on Wednesday. Instead of presenting a new, upcoming startup, organizers invited Jimmy Winter of VoterTide to share a “post-mortem” of what he learned through the social media analytics tool for political campaigns. VoterTide was acquired by MindMixer last February.…