Jim Linder

  • 10 people to grab coffee with if you’re new to Omaha’s startup community

    10 people to grab coffee with if you’re new to Omaha’s startup community

    While the Silicon Prairie may span across several states, include vastly different types of companies and entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds (and football rivalries), supportive communities are one factor that tie them all together. Whether you’re in Omaha or Des Moines, Kansas City or Cedar Rapids, you’ll find people who really care about helping their fellow…

  • Say hi to the newest Big Omaha cow, courtesy of Tethon 3D

    Big Omaha attendees may have noticed a new incarnation of the conference’s iconic cow this year. A 3D ceramic printer is pumping out a dozen tiny ceramic cows at a time in a back corner of KANEKO. Tethon 3D, a 3D printing company based in Omaha, answered Silicon Prairie News’ call for art installations during…

  • Big Omaha insight from veteran attendees Jim and Karen Linder

    Jim and Karen Linder are the founders and managing directors at Linseed Capital. Through that fund they’ve invested in companies like Bulu Box, Flywheel, Eye Verify, SkyVu and Travefy—just one piece of how they support our community. We recently asked the Linders to share their Big Omaha experience to provide insight on both the conference…

  • With $400k round led by Dundee VC, Bulu Box set to hire, push marketing

    Bulu Box continues to find fertile ground for raising funds in Nebraska. Paul and Stephanie Jarrett, Bulu Box’s husband and wife co-founders, moved their young company from San Francisco to Lincoln earlier this year, thanks in part to the lure of $100,000 in financing from a group of investors that included Dr. Jim and Karen…

  • At KANEKO, Big Omaha finds a shared vision and a place to call home

    Even if you’ve never been to Big Omaha, by now you probably know where it’s being held. The KANEKO, a creative space in Omaha’s Old Market district, has been the venue for the Silicon Prairie News conference from its very beginning in 2009. Organizers behind both venue and event see no reason to change that…

  • Get to know our Big Omaha sponsors. They rock.

    Big Omaha year two is about to go down. Big Omaha year one was a success. How did all this come to be? When the short story is told, it starts in the summer of 2008 when Jeff Slobotski challenged himself and Silicon Prairie News co-founder Dusty Davidson to set a date, find a venue…