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One day left to bring Dream Year Pitch Night to Omaha, Des Moines
What if a mere $17 could give you access to the dreams of your community? What if it was a chance to share your own personal dream? That’s the concept behind Dream Year Pitch Night, an event series developed by Ben Arment, founder of Chicago’s STORY Conference and author of “DREAM YEAR: From a Job…
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Omaha Code School makes south downtown building its new home
Omaha Code School has found a new school house. Co-founder and instructor Sumeet Jain has moved the school from the temporary space in Midtown Crossing and moved to 1258 S. 13th St., a building formerly occupied by nonprofit inCOMMON. Most Omahans will know the area for its proximity to the Bohemian Cafe and Donut Stop.…
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Urban Land Institute hosts event to bring together creatives, city planners
Lately Des Moines’ entrepreneurial community has been hard at work to make Iowa’s capital the best it can be. Next week is the city’s first community-organized charity hackathon, and less than one week after announcing Des Moines’ newest “entrepreneurial center of gravity,” Gravitate has one third of its monthly revenue goal. Now members of the…
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Team Prairie Portrait: ollo mobile of the Mobile Health Accelerator
For the 10 days leading up to the Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator powered by Techstars Demo Day we’ll be getting insight from the 10 presenting teams. See what they’ve been up to at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 10, at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts by registering for free here.
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Three of the Techstars co-founders to attend Sprint accelerator demo day
Last week Techstars co-founder David Cohen blogged about one of his impending trips—this time, to Kansas City. Cohen, along with fellow co-founders Brad Feld and David Brown, will attend the Demo Day for the 10 companies partaking in the inaugural class…
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Omaha-based marketplace Proxibid to open office in London
Proxibid is hopping the pond. The Omaha-based marketplace for buying and selling high-value goods like fine art or farm equipment has opened an office in London. It’s the company’s first move internationally. It already has an office in New York. Ryan Downs, president and CEO of the 13-year-old company says it’s another major milestone in…