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Big Omaha Video Series: Scott Harrison of charity: water
(Photo by Malone & Company) Today, we’re excited to release the first video in the series of presentations from Big Omaha 2010, which was held at KANEKO, May 12-15. We chose to begin with one of the most powerful talks from the event, that of charity: water founder Scott Harrison. Harrison’s presentation was not only…
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Behind the scenes of the Delivering Happiness Bus Tour
Last week the Delivering Happiness bus descended on Omaha, Nebraska. It was the second time that Tony Hsieh along with members of the Zappos and Delivering Happiness team were in our city, the first being Hsieh’s talk at Big Omaha 2010. When I heard that Hsieh was planning a bus tour across America on behalf…
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Sunday Video: charity: water launches 2010 September campaign
Today we wanted to remind you of something that Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water, shared in his presentation at Big Omaha 2010. Four years ago, Scott came up with the idea of giving up his birthday for charity: water. He held a party in New York City and asked everyone who came to give…
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Carla White: NASA designer by day, iPhone developer by night
I witnessed the power of Big Omaha this past May when I traveled all the way down to Omaha from Sioux Falls and then met an incredible designer, Carla White, who lives in my own backyard. Not literally, but in the community of Sioux Falls which doesn’t have a big yard. Carla and I kept…
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Big Omaha videos coming soon, looking for help with editing
It’s almost time that we begin to release speaker presentation videos from Big Omaha 2010. From opening speaker David Hauser to closer Tony Hsieh, we’ll be releasing one video per week on Silicon Prairie News over the next few months. To speed up our process, we’re looking for an individual or company to assist us…
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‘Silicon Prairie’& Big Omaha featured on CNN.com
In case you missed the Twitter and Facebook chatter these past few days, last Friday, CNN.com published an article titled Techies reject coasts for ‘Silicon Prairie,’ in which we were interviewed by its author, Josh Rubin. It was great opportunity for us to highlight the work as well as a handful of the companies…
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The Big Omaha charity: water Campaign results
At Big Omaha this past May, charity: water founder Scott Harrison (left) told his story to a packed house of 500 attendees. Needless to say, he inspired us all. Without any further waiting, we’re overwhelmingly excited to announce the results of the Big Omaha charity: water Campaign which we launched on March 29, six weeks…
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Scott Belsky discusses Making Ideas Happen & Behance
In the weeks leading up to Big Omaha, I conducted an audio interview with Scott Belsky, founder and CEO of Behance, a New York-based company developing products and services for creative industries. Belsky shared information around the creation of the Behance Network, the world’s leading online platform for creative professionals, and The 99 Percent, Behance’s…