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Pirate Radio! A QA with Wayne and Laurie Brekke
I did an entire interview with Billy Ray Cyrus unrecorded. And I had to call him back and pretend that I had more questions, and then do a recorded interview so that I had something for the podcast.
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Think like Amazon, Netflix: Hear Neal Ford speak at The Garage by Aviture on April 1
The talk should be of particular interest to developers, architects, technical leaders, operations engineers and people interested in the design of services and components.
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Des Moines’ Plains Angels invest nearly $2.5M in 2014
Plains Angels, a Des Moines-based angel investment group, announced this week that its members invested $2,425,000 in seven startup companies last year. The total marks their highest year yet since founding in 2012.
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Pear Deck wins Rise of the Rest competition at SXSW [Video]
Last night Riley Eynon-Lynch, co-founder of Pear Deck, won the Rise of the Rest pitch competition at SXSW. His prize? $150,000 in investment from Steve Case, venture capitalist and founder of America Online. Iowa City-based Pear Deck helps teachers keep students engaged in the classroom by connecting their presentations with student digital devices. It also…
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Big Omaha announces Brad Feld, Marc Hemeon and 9 other speakers + tickets
Big Omaha released $399 Early Bird tickets from March 13-20. Big Omaha veterans and startup founders are encouraged to buy their tickets now to get the event on their calendar. Early bird tickets are available at bigomaha.com.
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Building the Silicon Prairie: Where we go from here
“As one of the few seed venture capital firms in the Silicon Prairie, Dundee Venture Capital has been lucky enough to see first-hand some of the incredible changes happening here the last several years, and to invest in many of the companies driving those changes. We are witnessing an era where the next Fortune 500s…
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Popular Nebraska angel tax credit may increase $1 million this year
Nebraska State Senator John Stinner of Scottsbluff introduced a bill this session, LB 156, that would increase the amount of available angel investor tax credits from $3 million to $5 million per year. The Legislature’s Revenue Committee advanced LB 156 unanimously, but set the amount of available credits at $4 million.
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Nebraska crowdfunding bill LB 226: What it means for startups
Nebraska State Senator Colby Coash of Lincoln has introduced a bill, LB 226, that creates a framework for equity-based crowdfunding. The Nebraska Department of Banking & Finance would manage the program. Nebraska companies interested in using the program would be required to pay a $200 filing fee, submit documentation to be presented to prospective investors,…
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Why e-commerce boutique Hello Holiday opened a brick-and-mortar store
Adding a physical store to Hello Holiday was an unexpected move for the e-commerce boutique’s founders. “When we started Hello Holiday, we never saw ourselves offering an in-person shopping experience because we thought e-commerce was the entire vision of the future.”
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David Arnold on the Omaha Model for accelerators
Top tier accelerators like Techstars and YCombinator have built brands based on high-quality results that have generated interest from startups and investors without the need for significant outreach or effort. Due to their success the nation has seen similar programs pop up in each state, and we’re now experiencing increased segmentation between those in rare…