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Jim Collins: be humble, disciplined and don’t miss the gorilla
Jim Collins, author of bestselling business tomes such as “Good to Great” and “Built to Last,” spoke to a standing-room-only crowd Friday at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. The audience was a mix of the Young Professionals of Iowa conference and the Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) Taking Care of Business conference. “Greatness, it turns…
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Shout! looking for ’30 Under 30′ nominations
The new alternative weekly newspaper in town, Shout!, is currently taking submissions for its upcoming ’30 Under 30′ feature. Below you’ll find the description of what they’re looking for. We encourage you to rack your brain to think of local entrepreneurs, innovators…
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Firespring founder speaks at Lincoln’s Young Professionals Group event
Last Tuesday at roughly 4 p.m., Jay Wilkinson laid down the law. Business law. The founder and CEO of Firespring — a market consulting and web site development firm — spoke at Marz Bar (1140 O Street, Lincoln) to 50 members of the Lincoln Young Professionals Group about the trials, tribulations and triumphs of running…
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2010 Young Professionals Summit seeks presenters
Last year, the anticipation of Malcolm Gladwell’s keynote address helped to sell out the Young Professionals Summit, an annual event put on by the Greater Omaha Young Professionals. The anticipation proved to be true as Gladwell gave an excellent presentation on building community and encouraging growth. As the organizers continue to prepare for this year’s Summit,…
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YPC Bus Challenge kicks off Saturday
The last day to register for the YP Bus Challenge is this Saturday, April 18th, which coincides with its kick off at Earth Day Omaha. If you’ve ever wanted to help improve Omaha’s public transportation system, this is your opportunity. Its goal is to engage our community to build a system that meets our needs…
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SPN interviews Malcolm Gladwell at YP Summit
A week or two ago, when Malcolm Gladwell was in town to speak at the Young Professionals Summit, Silicon Prairie News had a few minutes to sit down with him and chat about his thoughts on Omaha, young professionals, and everything in between…. Questions from the interview: What inspired you to speak to the YPC…
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YP Bus Challenge
For those who missed the YPC Summit last week, the YP Bus Challenge was announced! Here’s an innovative way for you to provide feedback on ways to improve the city’s transportation system, rather than complain. Take a listen to Craig Moody talk about the process and make sure to check out the website, follow the…
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Malcolm Gladwell is coming!
If you haven’t heard, the Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professionals Council is bringing Malcom Gladwell as the keynote speaker at this year’s YPC Summit on Thursday March 5th! This is tremendous news and a big round of applause goes out to the YPC for having the visionary mindset to think big and bring someone…
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Tonight’s Highlight Midwest presentation live
Just a reminder for those that aren’t able to make the Highlight Midwest presenation in person, you can view each cities presentations starting around 6 PM CST at the following link. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/highlight-midwest