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Omaha-based auction site Proxibid celebrates its 100 millionth bid
Proxibid, an online marketplace for buying and selling highly-valued items, has celebrated its 100 millionth bid since it was established in Omaha in 2001. The 100 millionth bid was placed on Sept. 12 at 1:32 p.m. by Roy Rhoden, a long-time Proxibid buyer, during Deanco Auction Company’s Public Equipment Auction.
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Proxibid subsidiary acquires South Sioux City company, adds 12 to team
Proxibid company Divvy, a retailer of new and recertified consumer electronics, announced Monday it has acquired a South Sioux City, Nebraska-based company called Value Recovery Services (VRS).
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Ryan Downs: scaling Proxibid started with culture, right people, process
(Guest post by Ryan Downs) A strong culture is arguably the most important element for a business to have sustained success. Scaling a business is not easy. The demands on employees are heavy. There are surprises and setbacks along the way. Things don’t always go as planned.
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Omaha-based marketplace Proxibid to open office in London
Proxibid is hopping the pond. The Omaha-based marketplace for buying and selling high-value goods like fine art or farm equipment has opened an office in London. It’s the company’s first move internationally. It already has an office in New York. Ryan Downs, president and CEO of the 13-year-old company says it’s another major milestone in…
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Ryan Downs’ six elements of the Midwest’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
Ryan Downs, the CEO of Omaha-based Proxibid whose career spans working on a rural Nebraska farm as an 8-year-old to helping guide PayPal through its initial public offering, credits the Midwest’s entrepreneurial ecosystem to helping him advance in his career. At our Big Kansas City event Wednesday, he broke down that ecosystem into six elements:…
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charity: water founder Scott Harrison to speak at Big Kansas City!
In less than six weeks, Hangar 9 will transform from an aircraft storage to our conference home, March 27-28. Today, we’re revealing three more speakers who will join us in this special space including Scott Harrison, one of our most memorable Big Series presenters. If you haven’t purchased your ticket, make sure to do so…
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Proxibid’s Ryan Downs adds CEO to title, discusses vision with SPN
Ryan Downs didn’t have to wait long to celebrate his first milestone as Proxibid’s CEO. Proxibid, the Omaha company that runs an online marketplace for high-value and specialized assets, announced Oct. 1 that Downs, who came on board as president in August 2010, had become the company’s new CEO. With Downs’ move, Proxibid announced that…
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Proxibid hires ‘pioneer’ Larry Latham for business development boost
When Proxibid president Ryan Downs sat down for an interview with Silicon Prairie News in September, Downs highlighted two goals at the top of his company’s to-do list for the immediate future: growth of the marketplace and international expansion. With its latest hire, Proxibid appears to be backing up Downs’ talk. The Omaha-based real auction…
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A sit-down with Downs: Proxibid president on ecommerce, balance, growth
When Ryan Downs came on board as president of Proxibid in August 2010, Downs, an Omaha native and veteran of eBay and PayPal, expressed considerable excitement over his new gig. “This is a really rare opportunity to be involved in a disruptive Web company that’s growing like crazy, that is relentlessly focused on the customer,…
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Video provides Proxibid team’s take on ‘Project Superman’
The biggest service upgrade in Proxibid history is “just scraping the surface” of what’s in store, according to Cassius Almeida, the company’s director of project management. That’s one insight gleaned from the video Proxibid released in conjunction with its announcement of “Project Superman,” the internal code name that the Omaha-based real auction …