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Wall Street Journal blog features four Nebraska “guest mentors”
The Wall Street Journal today is presenting four voices from Nerbaska’s startup community in a series that answers the question: “Can startups be successful anywhere in the U.S.?” Startup founders Ben Vu, Julie Malhoch and Stephanie Jarrett chime in along with entrepreneur-in-residence Brian Ardinger. “Make no doubt about it; some of the most talented and…
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Investment firm with Omaha ties contributes to Yammer’s $85m round
Wednesday morning, we broke news that Omaha startup Bloom.com closed a $5.4m Series A round led by Capricorn Investment Group, an investment arm of eBay founding president Jeff Skoll and other entities. Capricorn’s co-founder and chief information officer is Stephen George, a native Nebraskan …
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Social beauty store Bloom.com closes $5.4m Series A led by Capricorn
Xuba, the Omaha-based social commerce startup behind social beauty store and network Bloom.com, closed a $5.4 million Series A round, the company’s co-founder and CEO Julie Mahloch (above) confirmed in an interview on Monday. Capricorn Investment Group led the round with a $5 million investment. Capricorn, which is the investment arm of eBay founding president…
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For social beauty store Bloom, New York launch sets off busy stretch
An Aug. 10 national launch in New York City was just part of what figures to be a whirlwind few weeks for the team from Bloom, the Omaha-based online social beauty store that’s looking to revolutionize the way women buy beauty products. “We are just at the very beginning of our mission to use social…
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Xuba Launch: Founder reveals their first site, Bloom Circle
At tonight’s Xuba launch event, the social commerce startup’s founder, Julie Mahloch, took the stage around 6:10 p.m. to a crowd of over 80 people. “We have our first site out in beta and it’s called Bloom Circle, and it’s social beauty,” announced Mahloch halfway through her eight-minute talk. “We’re about women helping women find…
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Xuba: ‘We are very excited about the huge potential in social commerce’
Xuba: What’s known is that it’s a social commerce startup co-founded by two of the three co-founders of Hayneedle, which is today one of the largest niche ecommerce retailers. What’s unknown, however, is what exactly they’re building. Whatever their…
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Xuba, a ‘well-funded’ social commerce startup prepares to launch
Xuba, an Omaha-based startup that plans to roll out products over the next six months, has a lofty goal: “Google became a verb, Facebook became a movie, and Xuba will become synonymous with social commerce.” The company’s co-founders, Doug Nielsen and Julie Mahloch, have good reason…
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Stacking Up: Hayneedle executive profile series starts Thursday, July 1
Over the past few years, Hayneedle has been stacking up on talent. The Omaha-founded and still 100 percent Omaha-based online retailer of home furnishings and lifestyle products…
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Midlands Venture Forum networking reception
The Midlands Venture Forum is holding an Entrepreneur & Investor Networking Reception on Thursday, January 29th @ 4:30pm. If you’re interested in the MVF, this could be a good opportunity to mingle with the members in a relaxed environment, and see what the group is about. LOCATION: DJ’S Dugout at 114th & W. Dodge Rd.…