Jimmy Winter

  • Shout! Weekly releases its inaugural ’30 Under 30′ list

    Shout!, Omaha’s new alternative weekly newspaper, released its inaugural 30 Under 30 list yesterday. In the publication, the list’s authors, Chris Larkin and Lisa Martin, described the effort as “a way to present stories of the achievements and aspirations found in the up-and-coming segment of Omaha.” Congrats to all those recognized, and a special congrats…

  • Google’s Chief Technology Advocate headlining Infotec 2010

    Infotec 2010 is just around the corner and the registration deadline is quickly approaching. The two-day event, produced by the AIM Institute, is filled with presenters from around the country sharing on topics related to information technology, entrepreneurship and emerging trends in the technology arena. This year’s lineup includes some amazing speakers such as Michael…

  • Weekly Wrap Up with guest Jimmy Winter of RockDex

    Mentioned this week: * Filming on location in the RockDex office in the home of its founder Jimmy Winter * Interview with Rachel Jacobson of Film Streams * Series on new online publication on the Prairie * Startup Weekend Omaha coming March 19-21 * Show guest Jimmy Winter talks about the new version of RockDex…

  • 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 …

  • RockDex wins $50K at Invest Nebraska competition

    Dan Hoffman of Invest Nebraska Corporation poses with Jimmy Winter of RockDex following Friday’s competition. Congrats to Jimmy Winter of RockDex for winning Invest Nebraska Corporation’s first-ever East-2-West – The Nebraska New Venture Competition! Jimmy and RockDex take home the $50,000 equity investment, which they will use to expand their server capacity. According to Jimmy,…

  • $50K investment up for grabs at competition

    Beginning at 1 p.m. this Friday, seven finalists will present their business plans in the East-2-West New Venture Competition in hopes of securing the $50,000 investment from Invest Nebraska Corporation, the host of the event. The contestant lineup is solid, with an array of industries represented. In exchange for the investment, the winner is required…

  • Recap of first Springboard Lunch

    Just over a month ago, a group of individuals gathered for the first Springboard Lunch at the Scott Technology Center, to listen to two companies pitch their ideas. The impetus behind Springboard is simple — provide a venue where by companies who are looking for funding can present their ideas to a room full of…

  • 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…

  • GoPollGo presents at Cornstalks, set to present at MVF tonight

    At last month’s Cornstalks, Ben Schaechter gave us both a demo of his newly-launched polling web app, GoPollGo, as well as a bit of its history. He begins with a humorous anecdote of why he was compelled to learn programing at a young age and he ends by showing off a number of cool features…

  • RockDex featured on ReadWriteStart, announces merger with Locker Partner

    Thanks to a tweet by Nick Ashley, I stumbled upon some great news: ReadWriteStart, a channel of the highly-trafficked tech trends blog ReadWriteWeb, featured Jimmy Winter’s RockDex and announced that he’ll be partnering with Kansas City-based Locker Partner in the near future. Jolie O’Dell, who covered Big Omaha for ReadWriteWeb in May, authored the post. If…