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Tools for the Trade: Share a slice of your life with Bre.ad
If you’ve ever tried to share a message or get the word out online, you know this isn’t an easy task. Today,the internet is littered with noise, clutter and links that aren’t relevant to us. Enter Bre.ad, a new kind of promotional URL shortener that is turning our links into “personalized billboards” and allowing us…
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Big Omaha – Neil Blumenthal: ‘Glasses are fun, but they are un-fun when they are $500’
The past three months have been a whirlwind for Neil Blumenthal. On February 15, he and his co-founders launched Warby Parker with features in GQ and Vogue. Three weeks after launch, his designer frames and eyeglass company shattered their one year target sales goals, sold out of their top 15 styles, and had a waiting…
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Big Omaha – Dan Martell: ‘I realized it’s not about not failing. It’s about not dying.’
Dan Martell lives and breathes entrepreneurship. In fact, Martell is pretty sure his parents believe he is un-hirable. Martell is the co-founder of Flowtown, a serial angel investor and on the board of Startup Weekend. As Dan says, “If you’re an entrepreneur, I’m your biggest fan.” He’s also very proud to be Canadian. The topic…
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FutureMidwest draws region’s ideas, innovators to Detroit
Last week, I was able to attend and speak at the FutureMidwest conference in Detroit. The conference was made up of about 800 designers, developers, marketers, and creatives across the Midwest (primarily Michigan natives). Like Big Omaha, FutureMidwest is in its third year, has a cow for a mascot, and put together an awesome event…
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Tools for the Trade: Star.Me makes the thank you fun again
My mom raised me to always remember the importance of the thank you note. Whether it was a birthday, graduation, or Christmas, the events were always followed by thank you notes. Although the common thank you has evolved today, only someone as clever as internet humorist and creative, Ze Frank, could find a way to…
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Tools for the Trade: Wildfire gives platform for Facebook promotions
Tickets to the Victoria Secret fashion show. Backstage tour passes with Kelly Clarkson. A free trip to Napa Valley. All of these things and more are possible with Facebook promotions and sweepstakes through Wildfire. The Wildfire app allows you to easily conduct fun, interactive promotions for brand marketing on the Facebook platform. Wildfire is based…
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FallsFood creator Nate Petersen explains its background and model
For Nate Petersen it started as a simple desire to take his wife out to dinner. Then, it became a tiny idea validated by the purchase of the web domain FallsFood.com. Finally, after years of tinkering with the idea and growing the courage to leave his “real job,” his idea became a business. Petersen, of…
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Online Publications on the Prairie: The Post South Dakota
Next up in our series of interviews with online publications emerging on the Silicon Prairie is The Post South Dakota out of Sioux Falls. Although The Post isn’t producing content with the same frequency as yesterday’s spotlight, the Kansas City Free Press, it’s covering a wide variety, as well. From music to local eats to…