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Big Omaha Video Series: Extended Speaker Q&A
(Photo by Malone & Company) Today, we’re releasing the tenth presentation in our video series from Big Omaha 2010! This video features the “Extended Speaker Q&A” in which we brought back on stage six of our speakers: Jason Fried of 37signals, Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV and VaynerMedia, Scott Belsky of Behance, Dennis Crowley…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Jason Fried of 37signals
(Photo by Malone & Company) Today, we’re releasing the eighth presentation in our video series from Big Omaha 2010! This video features Big Omaha 2009 returnee Jason Fried, co-founder of Chicago-based 37signals, makers of small business collaboration and CRM software. Fried is also the co-author of the New York Times best seller “REWORK.” Fried’s talk…
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Sunday Video: Jason Fried explains why you can’t work at work
Interruptions are the sole distraction of creativity in the workplace, causing Corporate America to work longer hours outside of the office and often times, forcing work to be completed on the weekends. No matter how much coffee you drink or how much sleep you’ve acquired to prepare yourself for a productive work day, 37signals co-founder…
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Big Omaha: Afternoon sessions live blog
1:32 p.m. After a great lunch across the street at the Halo Institute people are settling in for the afternoon sessions. Up first will be Matt Mullenweg, founder of Automattic, who will be interviewed by Robert Scoble, blogger, technical evangelist and managing director of building43. Let’s get started! | 1:41 Automattic has 60 employees across…
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Sunday Video Series: Big Omaha 2009: The Impromptu Panel
With Big Omaha 2010 just around the corner, it’s time we release a Big Omaha 2009 video for our Sunday Video Series, and the one I’ve chosen is the most unique of them all. When Matt Mullenweg had to cancel at last minute, we had a 30-minute time slot open up. In response, Jeffrey Kalmikoff,…
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37signals’ Jason Fried talks about REWORK, business and more
A few weeks ago, I spoke with Jason Fried of 37signals about his new book, REWORK, which he authored with his business partner, David Heinemeier Hansson. In addition to hearing Jason’s background on writing REWORK, I posed questions asked by the Silicon Prairie News community and caught up with what was new at 37signals since…
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Groupon founder talks about Omaha launch, Midwest startup culture
Last week, Chicago-based Groupon officially launched its Omaha site with a bang! Already featuring deals from Sam & Louie’s, Beyourself Boutique, Turning Heads Salon & Spa and more, the city is embracing the site as a way to save on local retailers of interest. I had a great talk with Andrew Mason, Groupon’s founder &…
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Top five videos of Big Omaha 2009
In keeping with the spirit of revealing the top videos and posts of 2009, we wanted to bring you the top five videos of Big Omaha 2009! The temperature seems to be shifting, if at least for a few days, and we are encouraged by the fact …
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Top five videos of 2009
Looking back over last year, 2009 was truly amazing! We highlighted an unbelievable amount of entrepreneurs, innovators and creatives. The following five videos were the most viewed interviews we conducted last year. We wanted to pull them off the shelf and share …