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  • Guest Post: Cornstalks looks to raise its profile, add ‘Demo Nights’

    (Editor’s Note: We’ve asked Tom Chapman (left), director of innovation and entrepreneurship for the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, to contribute a guest post on his 2011 goals for Cornstalks, the monthly meetup he organizes.) Cornstalks is a group for pre-seed and seed entrepreneurs in high growth businesses. It provides light education and networking on…

  • Guest Post: How Oregon uses Hudl to prepare for BCS Championship Game

    (This is a guest post by Matt Mueller, Coach Relations Manager for Hudl.) The Ducks do not slow down. The New York Times called their style “Speed-Freak Football.” During games, opponents routinely ask them to slow down or fake injuries after plays to prevent Oregon’s offense, which leads the FBS in both scoring (49.3 points…

  • Guest Post: The Internet is F@$king Amazing

    (This is a guest post by Joe Olsen, CEO, Director of Strategy & Innovation at Phenomblue) The internet is f@$king amazing. I know most of us know that already but like any belief, it’s good to have reaffirmation from time to time. Thanks to Ted Williams and the Columbus Dispatch over the past 24 hours…

  • Guest Post: Don’t just watch TED, ‘do’ TED: Making Learning Better

    As the founder of Learning Innovations, I work with learners and leaders to dream about the way things should be and then figure out how to get there. Since coming to Omaha in 2008 from Palo Alto, California, the main project I have been working on is the Omaha Science Media Project, a collaboration between…

  • How to create a sustainable entrepreneurial community

    The following is a guest post by Brad Feld of the Foundry Group (left). Originally published on his blog, FeldThoughts, he’s given us permission to re-publish it here. We’ve followed Brad’s writings for a few years now since learning about him through the TechStars community. In looking at the successes that he and the Boulder…

  • Guest Post: Silicon Prairie’s road map hiccup

    (The following is a guest post by Ben Milne of Dwolla.) A road map is kind of like a runway. You need a runway to get things off the ground. You need a clear road map to get companies off the ground. Until our culture is so ingrained in us we see the road map…

  • Lateef Johnson: ‘How I did it. From nothing to prototype in three weeks.’

    This is a guest post by Lateef Johnson, founder and CEO of Lincoln-based Deckerton, a software as a service referral automation system. | For first-time entrepreneurs the first step is always the hardest. This is a story about that step. When I decided to start my own company I was thrilled at the possibilities. We…

  • MarketPlace conference celebrates entrepreneurship in rural Nebraska

    This is a guest post written by Caleb Pollard, executive director of the Valley County Economic Development and Ord Area Chamber of Commerce. | The week of February 20-27, 2010, is National Entrepreneurship Week. Entrepreneurship Week provides an opportunity to focus on the innovative ways in which entrepreneurial development and entrepreneurship education can create a…

  • Guest Post: Interview with Cerner Health Conference Keynote Speaker Mitch Joel

    This is a guest post written by Ramsey Mohsen, a web consultant and video blogger for the e-consultancy Digital Evolution Group in Overland Park, KS. He posts his tech news opinion regularly on his blog ramseymohsen.com. ********************************* There are a handful of people in the online space that I follow and respect almost everything they…

  • Guest Post: Interview with Brian Solis, author of “Putting the Public back in Public Relations”

    Updated title of post on 9/22 at 1:07 p.m. Last Thursday, Brian Solis, principal at FutureWorks and founder of the Social Media Club organization, spoke to the Greater Kansas City’s PRSA chapter about “The State of Social Media.” KC video blogger, Ramsey Mohsen, attended the event and grabbed an interview with Solis after it. He’s…