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Get to know the five finalists for Executive of the Year
Even though it may have been bleak at times, or maybe it was a smooth ride, but they led their company to remarkable success. And the finalists are…
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Four years of scaling MindMixer: What’s worked, and what hasn’t
(Guest post by Nick Bowden, MindMixer co-founder and CEO) It feels strange to be considered by some in the “prairie” as the old guard of startups, but we’ll take it. I suppose it means we have done at least one thing right: stay in business. As we approached the birthday and my anniversary, I did…
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Mindmixer CEO shares investment advice with new startups
It’s only the second week of the Straight Shot accelerator, but seven startups already got advice from Dundee Venture Capital’s Beth Engel and Mindmixer CEO Nick Bowden about fundraising, dealing with investors and more tips on becoming a successful business.
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MindMixer leaving Nebraska to unify team, hire 85 more in Kansas City
MindMixer is closing its Nebraska offices and moving to Kansas City. The online civic engagement platform is moving nearly all of its operations by the end of the summer. MindMixer established an office in North Omaha’s Mastercraft three years ago, and a KC office followed about six months later …
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MindMixer’s Nick Bowden had a whirlwind 24 hours at SXSW
You’ll have to excuse Nick Bowden for the late response. The co-founder and CEO of “Gov 2.0” startup MindMixer has been busy since a whirlwind 24 hours at SXSW. On March 10, he led a discussion about MindMixer, analytics, local governments and how they are thinking about data and engaging constituients. Nearly 100 attended, he…
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MindMixer announces it’s hiring a team in San Francisco
With offices already in Omaha, Lincoln and Kansas City, MindMixer today announced it will take its civic engagement westward, looking to hire a small team in San Francisco. Nick Bowden, co-founder and CEO, wrote in the blog…
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Code for America, MindMixer want your ideas for Ideation Nation
Code for America co-executive director Abhi Nemani believes the country is ready to embrace the civic technology movement. Alongside Omaha-based online community engagement platform MindMixer, the nonprofit helping government work better through technology will instill that belief into Ideation Nation, a five-week rally that asks Americans, “How would you improve your community using technology?” …
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Bowden lays out challenge to make Omaha more attractive for startups
Setting up shop in Omaha (or Midwest for that matter) has been the one decision questioned regularly by many of our coastal counterparts. But the many startups that have successfully built, launched and attracted major investment dollars right here in the Midwest know that no matter the location, if you’re the best—relentlessly the best—success will…
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MindMixer, Hudl, Hayneedle and others receive recognition
Hudl’s often the software used to help high school football teams earn a trophy, but the Lincoln, Neb., company last month took home some hardware of its own. The University of Nebraska awarded Hudl its Walter Scott Entrepreneurial Business Award, which is designed to encourage businesses to create partnerships and links with the university in…
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MindMixer gets Bloomberg airtime, site requests around the world
The day after MindMixer this week announced its $4 million Series B round, its co-founder and CEO Nick Bowden sat down on Bloomberg TV to talk about his company’s product. “The Washington D.C. school district is using the tool to gather feedback from parents on a controversial issue of school closures,” Bowden told Bloomberg’s Pimm…