Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce

  • The Greater Omaha Chamber has its new entrepreneurial director

    OMAHA—Kody Schrader knows community. Growing up in Alma, Neb., a town of 1,100 along the Nebraska-Kansas border, Schrader knew everyone. And he still knows the importance of connections.

  • Omaha startup softball team fails to win even just one game

    Omaha startup softball team fails to win even just one game

    The Fightin’ Prairie Dogs, the Omaha startup community’s slow pitch softball team, ended its dismal season Monday night. The team went 0-13. That’s right: They didn’t even win one single, lousy game. The team, put together and funded as part of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s Event Draft, had players from Aviture, Elevate, GoodTwin, Omaha…

  • Reynolds shifting roles at Chamber as he takes on heavier load at RaceNote

    Dusty Reynolds is shifting roles at the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber’s director of entrepreneurship and innovation and one of the well-respected leaders of Omaha’s startup community is stepping down from his position to shift his focus to RaceNote, his own startup that’s starting to take off…

  • Chamber’s startup leader starts up his own project with RaceNote

    Dusty Reynolds’ passion for racing began as a 12-year-old in Hooper, Neb., a town of 850 an hour outside Omaha. He swept garage floors of a dirt car-racing friend. By the time he hit high school, he was a crew chief of a team and for a while after school traveled around the country working…

  • Prep your ideas for part two of Omaha’s Event Draft on Thursday

    The second and last Omaha Chamber Startup Event Draft of 2014 is Thursday at 7 p.m. at Aromas in Benson. The Draft is similar to the first one that took place In February, in which community members slot Chamber-sponsored entrepreneurial events on the calendar. The events for this round will be scheduled from July through…

  • Catch a lift with us to the Silicon Prairie Awards on August 29

    NOTE: Bus tickets are currently sold out for the event. You put in the hard work to build companies, disrupt industries and raise the visibility of the Silicon Prairie across the country and we’re along with you for the entire ride. Once a year we take the opportunity to celebrate our amazing startup community, and…

  • Failure is focus of KANEKO, Omaha Chamber event Thursday

    KANEKO and the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce are teaming up once again to shine a spotlight on failure. Thursday evening at KANEKO, the two groups will present the second installment of Failing Forward Conversations, which will feature …

  • Startup founder to address failure at KANEKO event Thursday

    This Thursday KANEKO, in conjunction with the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, will host the first in a three-part series of lectures on the the lessons that can be learned from professional and personal failure. Marcus Nelson (left), founder and CEO of San Francisco startup Addvocate, will speak at the first Failing Forward Conversations along…

  • Grammy winner, social entrepreneur to speak at YP Summit on Feb. 28

    John Legend is coming to the CenturyLink Center on Feb. 28 but it’s not to sing in front of concert goers. Instead, it’s to speak to more than 1,500 young professionals and business leaders at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professionals Summit. Joining Legend as a keynote speaker for the annual event will…

  • Nominations for Omaha, Kansas City Chamber awards due Friday

    Two awards honoring startups in Omaha and Kansas City are quickly nearing their nomination deadline. Friday is the last day to put a company’s name in for the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s “Innovator of the Year” award and the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce’s “Aspirational Entrepreneur” award. The Omaha Chamber’s award, which is…