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What’s up with Hudl and billboards?
It may be a more traditional marketing campaign for a tech company, but there’s a Hudl billboard in Omaha. That’s two billboards in less than six months for the sports playbook management tech company based out of Lincoln. This one cropped up this week at 24th and Cuming streets, promoting a push for hiring in…
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Darya Rose’s talk in a 5-minute Tapestry recap
Don’t have 30 minutes to watch a Big Omaha speaker video? No problem. Our friends at Tapestry have compiled many of the highlights of our speaker talks into easily digestible, readable presentations. Be on the lookout over the next week, as we’ll be sharing a Tapestry for each of our speakers. It’s simple: tap to…
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Senior web developer, sales exec, design intern and 19 more
Every week, Silicon Prairie News presents opportunities in the region’s tech, startup and creative community. From a contract job to a co-founder role, these positions are submitted by companies and gathered from public postings. To submit a job listing for consideration (free), complete our job board submission form. To feature a job listing (paid), select…
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Adam Coomes: “As entrepreneurs, our job is to solve problems”
(Guest post by Adam Coomes) These days, we’re trained to be analytical. Just look around you. We have fitness devices tracking our every step so we can analyze our habits. We use services like Google Analytics to analyze the results of our work. We use numbers for everything. Entrepreneurs especially are analytical by nature. We…
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Chase Jarvis’ talk in a 5-minute Tapestry recap
Don’t have 30 minutes to watch a Big Omaha speaker video? No problem. Our friends at Tapestry have compiled many of the highlights of our speaker talks into easily digestible, readable presentations. Be on the lookout over the next week, as we’ll be sharing a Tapestry for each of our speakers. It’s simple: tap to…
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Behind the Brand: Oxide’s vision for Big Omaha 2014
(Guest post by Adam Torpin) While branding the conference has always been a team effort here at Oxide, this is the first year I’ve volunteered to take the lead. As a designer, it’s a very desirable project because the team at Silicon Prairie News, within reason, agrees to trust our expertise and grant us complete…
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Wendy Guillies says Kauffman’s focus will be on KC, growing other metros
On Wednesday the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced president and CEO Tom McDonnell will step down effective June 30. While McDonnell will advise the Foundation through the end of the year, vice president of communications Wendy Guillies will serve as Kauffman’s acting president and CEO. A press release stated that a new multi-year strategic plan…
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Des Moines insurance companies create industry-focused accelerator
Three Des Moines-based insurance companies—Delta Dental, Principal Financial Group and American Equity Investment Life—have come together to create an insurance-focused accelerator in Iowa’s capital city. Mike Colwell of the Greater Des Moines Partnership is one of the accelerator’s organizers and says the goal is to raise $1.2 million each year for the program. According to…