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David Arnold on the Omaha Model for accelerators
Top tier accelerators like Techstars and YCombinator have built brands based on high-quality results that have generated interest from startups and investors without the need for significant outreach or effort. Due to their success the nation has seen similar programs pop up in each state, and we’re now experiencing increased segmentation between those in rare…
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#BangTheDrum with Bulu Box Founder Paul Jarrett
If you’ve been following me on social media in the past 2 years (probably because I inappropriately “friended” you) you have probably heard me talking about “The Bulu Crew” and what we’re doing at Bulu Box amidst the various ramblings of a highly-over-caffeinated entrepreneur. Thanks to my social marketing networking skills I’ve caught myself beating…
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Our productive time is capped, so let’s get better at saying “No” more often
(Guest post by Matthew Paulson) I simply tried to do too many things at once. I thought I was helping people by saying “Yes” to everybody, but I was really doing them a disservice because I wasn’t doing anything well. I was doing a lot of things poorly. I had no margin in my life…
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Checking the pulse of the Midwest’s entrepreneurial future
(Guest post by Robert Hatta) It’s 11:30 p.m. on a Friday and 1,200 computer science and engineering students surround me. They have come from across the country to the University of Michigan’s north campus to participate in MHacks, a career fair mashed up with a weekend-long tech orgy where sleep-deprived geeks try to build the…
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Interface Web School bucking trend for women in tech with fall enrollment
( Guest post by Shonna Dorsey) OMAHA—On a national level, women enroll in college at a rate of 68 percent versus 63 percent of men, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, women only make up 26 percent of the U.S. tech workforce. Plenty of attention has been given to this topic with various…
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Ben McDougal: Watching my first Techstars Demo Day in Boulder
(Guest post by Ben McDougal) Fresh off the Rise of the Rest event in Des Moines, my alarm clock buzzed at 4:05 a.m. and it was time to go. With a single backpack and the clothes on my back, I arrived in Colorado as the sunrise splashed against the mountains. After a short ride, plenty…
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Dusty Reynolds: Company Scorecard
(Guest post by Dusty Reynolds) Discipline and accountability. I heard this phrase no less than 14 times in my first meeting with one of my advisors…
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John Jackovin: A time to reflect
(Guest post by John Jackovin) Less than a week before this Techstars experience comes to an end. This was the post I was most excited to write when I began the Techstars program. The post right before Demo Day. The post before I can get back to “normal” life. The post before I get to…
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How many on the Prairie use Bitcoin? One man tries to deduce the answer
(Guest post by Edward Weniger) During an informational seminar we recently hosted, an attendee posed the question “How many people are involved in bitcoin in the state of Nebraska?”
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John Jackovin: I should be memorizing right now
(Guest post by John Jackovin) With less than two weeks until demo day I have to do something I am pretty bad at…memorization. My brain works a certain way, I guess all brains work a certain way, duh. Better put, my brain works in a way that makes it difficult for me to memorize words…