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Developing Leadership When Things Are Not Good
Originally posted on the AIM Institute blog No one knows how the coronavirus pandemic will evolve, how long the economy will stay underwater, or even what recovery looks like. But the radical workplace upheaval and sudden ad hoc shift to remote technology over the past month suggest two truths: We need more tech talent. We…
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Please Don’t Pandemicize Your Brand: Marketing in the Time of COVID-19
One thing the business community can agree on: no one knows how to adapt to the coronavirus, especially in marketing. We don’t know who needs to hear this, but just in case: please resist the urge to pandemicize your brand. You may have already seen companies shoehorning references to the pandemic into their ads and…
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The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Telecommuters
Many of us can only dream of working from home. No more rush hour. No more sack lunches or $11 takeout sandwiches. And especially no more long, drawn-out conversations about the loose floor tile by Kelly’s office. Well, now we have to miss all of those things. Many of us are struggling with the reality…
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Impact of COVID-19: Be a Conscious, Local Consumer and Supporter
This is a guest post by Maria Brady. In light of recent cancellations, the Omaha economy faces a period of uncertainty. The economic downturn will impact businesses, workers, families and individuals in various ways—and to differing degrees. We must remember that little steps can go a long way. While we should limit non-essential social contact…
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Send in the Clowns: An Experiment Outsourcing to Fiverr
Outsourcing used to be a dirty word. To some extent, it still is. That’s probably due to public confusion with offshoring, the migration of company operations to other countries to capitalize on cheaper labor. Offshoring connotes economic devastation: factories closed, jobs lost, communities destroyed. On the other hand, outsourcing—contracting work to a third party—is having…
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What the First Hemp Growing Season Will Mean for Agtech
This is a guest post by Kate Casas. The legislation surrounding the manufacture and sale of hemp products was once a complicated issue. Now, at least, there’s some clarity around it. The passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 removed hemp from the list of federally controlled substances, a prospect that has farmers nationwide…
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Today’s Hottest Tech, According to Ben Franklin
While sifting through our archives during our site redesign, we found an article that, frankly, surprised us. It’s a list of the day’s hottest tech, penned by none other than Ben Franklin.
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Can you actually make your startup community more inclusive? Yes, here’s how.
Even if you agree that inclusiveness is a worthwhile goal, it can be difficult to know where to start, or how to keep pushing forward. Here are a few simple things that you, your company or your event can do to be open to a wide range of people.
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Where are all the successful entrepreneurs?
The problem I keep running into is most people are in my boat.They are all startup. They are learning, making mistakes, tweaking their business and figuring it out as they go. But where are all the people that made it? Where are all the startups from before being a startup was a thing?
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Building the Silicon Prairie: Where we go from here
“As one of the few seed venture capital firms in the Silicon Prairie, Dundee Venture Capital has been lucky enough to see first-hand some of the incredible changes happening here the last several years, and to invest in many of the companies driving those changes. We are witnessing an era where the next Fortune 500s…
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