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Highlight Midwest postponed
The third annual Highlight Midwest conference has been postponed until further notice. Originally scheduled to be held in Omaha on November 18th, the event will…
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3rd annual Highlight Midwest to be held in Omaha on Nov. 18th
November is shaping up to be a busy month, with the recently announced Barcamp Omaha, and now with 3rd annual Highlight Midwest which takes place on Thursday, November 18th.
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Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem: what does success look like?
This is a guest post written by Tom Chapman, director of innovation and entrepreneurship for the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce. The shared goal of many individuals who read this blog is to “create a robust, sustainable entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem.” But, what…
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Highlight Midwest keynote anecdotes: Joe Olsen
Updated Phenomblue description on 11/13 at 11:15 AM. The 2009 edition of Highlight Midwest ended with a set of keynote presentations from leaders of innovative companies in each of the event’s three core cities: Kansas City, Des Moines and Omaha. These keynotes were my “highlight” of the day and I found them to be…
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Highlight Midwest keynote anecdotes: Mike Draper
The 2009 edition of Highlight Midwest ended with a set of keynote presentations from leaders of innovative companies in each of the event’s three core cities: Kansas City, Des Moines and Omaha. These keynotes were my “highlight” of the day and I found them to be informational, identifiable, and even inspiring. I’ve pulled anecdotes from each…
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Highlight Midwest keynote anecdotes: Simon Kuo
Typo fixed on 11/10 at 1:35 The 2009 edition of Highlight Midwest ended with a set of keynote presentations from leaders of innovative companies in each of the event’s three core cities: Kansas City, Des Moines and Omaha. These keynotes were my “highlight” of the day and I found them to be informational, identifiable, and even…
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RockDex hits the road, speaking tour
Since launching last March, there’s no question that Jimmy Winter’s latest project, RockDex, has made traction. The writeup he received from Jolie O’Dell on ReadWriteWeb in August was a big milestone, as well as the subject it covered: Jimmy’s merger with Locker Partner in Kansas City. These past two weeks will likely also go down…
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SPN interviews Ben Milne of Dwolla
One Des Moines startup that recently burst onto the scene is Dwolla, a web-based technology for transferring money from one user to the next. Ben Milne, Dwolla’s founder, was a speaker at the recent Highlight Midwest event and graciously gave me a few minutes of his time to talk about his new venture. Dwolla is…