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Eric Ryan’s talk in a 5-minute Tapestry recap
Don’t have 30 minutes to watch a Big Omaha speaker video? No problem. Our friends at Tapestry have compiled many of the highlights of our speaker talks into easily digestible, readable presentations. Be on the lookout over the next week, as we’ll be sharing a Tapestry for each of our speakers. It’s simple: tap to…
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Jason Johnson’s talk in a 5-minute Tapestry recap
Don’t have 30 minutes to watch a Big Omaha speaker video? No problem. Our friends at Tapestry have compiled many of the highlights of our speaker talks into easily digestible, readable presentations. Be on the lookout over the next week, as we’ll be sharing a Tapestry for each of our speakers. It’s simple: tap to…
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Why does an ophthalmologist attend Big Omaha?
(Sponsor post by Lance Kugler) The first time I attended Big Omaha, I was struck by the collegiality and friendliness of the attendees—everyone was so eager to meet new people and share ideas. But I quickly began to recognize the same quizzical, and sometimes pained, expression on many of those new faces when we exchanged…
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Ryan Freitas’ talk in a 5-minute Tapestry recap
Don’t have 30 minutes to watch a Big Omaha speaker video? No problem. Our friends at Tapestry have compiled many of the highlights of our speaker talks into easily digestible, readable presentations. Be on the lookout over the next week, as we’ll be sharing a Tapestry for each of our speakers. It’s simple: tap to…
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Big Omaha installations visualized audience data, water usage
Josh Krakauer and Sarah Binder place their pins on the Pins & Threads installation at Big Omaha. Two of the art installations at Big Omaha this year centered around looking at data in a new, more meaningful way. We hope you had a chance to take them in: Pins & Threads Brian Kelly teaches freshman-level…
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That’s all folks…here’s our wrapup for Day Two of Big Omaha
Thanks to everyone who joined us for our sixth year of Big Omaha. Here’s some of what happened.
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Ellen Gustafson caps Big Omaha with a swift kick in the ass on eating habits
“Let’s change the f**king system.” The salty vocabulary of prodigiously successful, serial social entrepreneur Ellen Gustafson added extra passion to the closing speech at Big Omaha. Gustafson describes herself as a “sustainable food system activist, author, innovator and social entrepreneur.” She co-founded FEED Projects, is the co-founder of Food Tank: The Food Think Tank and…
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Kevin Rose brings the Diggnation atmosphere to Big Omaha chat
Kevin Rose has made innumerable entrepreneurial leaps in the tech industry throughout the years, first as the founder of Digg and today as a general partner at Google Ventures where he focuses on early-stage and seed investments. Big Omaha emcee Antonio Neves sat down with Rose to chat about meditation, past successes and the tension…
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Ingrid Sanders wants you to take a sabbatical to refresh your thinking
Popexpert founder & CEO Ingrid Sanders shared the unusual story behind the founding of her company with Big Omaha Friday afternoon. She got laughs from the crowd as she opened her presentation with audio from a dial-up modem and explained that she began her career with Prodigy in the late ’90s. Sanders then advanced through…
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Big Omaha Spotlight: Joel Zaslofsky of Edina, Minn.
As we blaze through Big Omaha week, we wanted to give you a glimpse into the minds and experience of Big Omaha attendees. Throughout Thursday and Friday, look out for these spotlights to learn more about who is attending Big Omaha this year.