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Sen. Rand Paul stops by Mastercraft for entrepreneurship roundtable
Sen. Rand Paul has been mum on a potential presidential run in 2016, but took time to stop by the Mastercraft Monday before heading out on a statewide tour of Iowa this week in what many politicos say will lay a foundation for a 2016 bid. The Kentucky senator toured the Mastercraft, a hub of…
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Benson HS hopes new program reaches kids falling through the cracks
Greg Schlegel isn’t afraid to be honest about his school’s situation. In recent years, a student was shot and killed in a nearby neighborhood. In October, a student brought a gun to school. In December, another two students did the same. It’s not a stretch to say his school gets a lot of negative publicity.…
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Service providers with startups in mind set up shop in Mastercraft
An alliance of four professional service providers – an intellectual property law firm, a corporate law firm, an accounting firm and a bank – have set up shop in The Mastercraft building in north downtown Omaha to cater to startups. “The idea is to be able to engage entrepreneurs, startups and the creative community so…
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David Milligan of Advent IP to present Thursday night at Cornstalks
David Milligan, founding partner of Advent IP and co-founder of Leap Ventures, will present at this month’s meeting of Cornstalks, which takes place at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at CAMP Coworking in the the Mastercraft Building (1111 N. 13th St.). More on Milligan, courtesy of the Advent IP website: David is a founding partner of Advent…
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Heads up, students: Omaha’s first Startup Job Crawl is February 15
By this point in the semester, you’re well beyond syllabus day in your Spring classes, you’ve tried to stifle your Facebook addiction once or twice and you’ve hit the library more this semester than ever before. Now that you’re starting to get into the swing of things, why not jump the gun on your internship…
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Grain & Mortar celebrates with open house tonight, 6-9 p.m.
Grain and Mortar, a new strategy, branding and design company, will open its doors tonight from 6-9 p.m. at the Mastercraft Building (1111 N 13th St.) to celebrate the grand opening of their studio and website launch. The event, free to the public, will celebrate the company that has recently formed after combining the graphic…
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By thinking small, Creative Ocean’s Tom Miller generates big demand
Tom Miller thinks small. 40k small. That’s the size restriction called for by most ad agencies in online banner advertising today. “That’s what I take a lot of pride in, the ability to squeeze large amounts of visual information into teeny, tiny ad restrictions,” Miller said. “That’s where I get a lot of my repeat…
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CAMP Coworking weathers first year with same culture, new strategy
Last year when Megan Hunt signed her name to the lease for CAMP Coworking, it was in her interest to get her money back, and quickly. Within six months of opening the collaborative workspace in the Mastercraft building in North Downtown Omaha, she did. And now as CAMP looks to generate profit and celebrate its…
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Startup Weekend Omaha: The ideas selected & opening night pictures
Starting at 8 a.m. today, six teams will dive into their ideas, working to create a working prototype to pitch to the judges when time runs out Sunday evening. Out of around 15 ideas, the following six were chosen to implement at this year’s Startup Weekend Omaha (in alphabetical order): Buzz – A way to…
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Tune in Tomorrow: Weekly Wrap Up with Jessica McKay, 10 a.m. CDT
Tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. CDT, Jeff and Dusty will be sitting down with Jessica McKay (left), owner of Birdhouse Collectible, an interior design consulting company. We interviewed McKay last September to capture her story, but much has changed since then, including moving into the Mastercraft building in Omaha’s North Downtown district. Join us for…