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  • 5 questions with HDC keynote Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack

    5 questions with HDC keynote Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack

    Author, consultant and entrepreneur Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack will be the keynote speaker at this year’s HDC conference on September 7-9. She is co-founder and CEO of Fizzmint and the author of Women In Tech. SPN caught up with Wheeler Van Vlack last week over the phone. SPN: What’s been the biggest lesson you’ve learned as co-founder of…

  • Bid now for face time with C-level tech leaders

    Bid now for face time with C-level tech leaders

    The online C-level auction includes tech leadership from Google, TD Ameritrade, Proxibid and Dundee Venture Capital. Bidding is now open for AIM’s online C-level auction, and several startup community executives are on the list. Many of the individuals have also included extra perks to drive interest. According to AIM’s web site, Mark Hasebroock, Founder of Dundee Venture Capital, is…

  • AIM Hatchfund on the secret to successful crowdfunding

    AIM Hatchfund on the secret to successful crowdfunding

    AIM Hatchfund is a platform that helps artists build successful crowdfunding campaigns. Since their inception they have helped over 1,000 artists raise close to $9 million, with a 75% success rate. SPN sat down with Dillon Nicholson, program officer for Hatchfund, at Big Omaha last week to discuss what it takes to run a successful crowdfunding campaign. SPN: What’s…

  • Big Omaha 2015: A veteran’s perspective

    Big Omaha 2015: A veteran’s perspective

    As a Big Omaha veteran who attended all six conferences thus far, I had big questions driving downtown Thursday morning. Would KANEKO look the same? Would there be any mention of Big Omaha’s history? Would the speakers be engaging? Would I know any of the attendees? And, perhaps most important of all, would the snacks…

  • AIM Infotec attendance grows for 7 years running

    AIM Infotec attendance grows for 7 years running

    “The trade show concept has given way to a more learning and sharing environment. We’ve tried to move Infotec more toward creating a 2-day tech community that fosters relationships.”

  • SPN acquired by AIM Institute

    SPN has had the honor to share many of your stories – closing of funding rounds, new partnerships along with so many more. Today we are adding to the SPN news feed a little breaking news of our own. We are incredibly excited to announce that we have been acquired by the Omaha based AIM…

  • AIM to auction CEO and other C-level executives’ time for charity

    AIM to auction CEO and other C-level executives’ time for charity

    OMAHA— Bidding is open for the first annual AIM’s C-Level Auction. A chance to get time with high-level execs is is up for grabs.

  • Nominations for AIM tech awards due Friday

    Nominations for AIM tech awards due Friday

    AIM, a Nebraska nonprofit dedicated to furthering tech, is seeking nominations for its Tech Celebration awards in six categories: tech student, tech educator, tech innovator, tech leader, exemplary emerging business and exemplary enterprise business.

  • Internet of Things development talk kicks off Heartland Developers Conf.

    Internet of Things development talk kicks off Heartland Developers Conf.

    Developers need to look forward to the Internet of Things, find something they’re passionate about in the vertical and go for it, says Pete Brown, project manager on for a Microsoft team focusing on the Internet of Things. Brown, the first keynote speaker at the 11th annual Heartland Developers Conference, said IoT is a $1.7…

  • Heartland Developers Conference founder excited for AIM takeover

    Heartland Developers Conference founder excited for AIM takeover

    To be honest, Joe Olson is a little relieved and a little excited to hand off his baby, the Heartland Developers Conference, to someone else. AIM, the tech-growing nonprofit behind the successful AIM Infotec conference, is organizing the 11-year-old event this year.