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SPN interviews Charles Hull of Archrival
Without further ado, our interview with Charles Hull of Archrival, a brand strategy and design agency out of Lincoln! Charles spoke at last month’s Cornstalks at the Omaha Chamber, and we wanted to give those who missed the event an opportunity to listen to the interview we cut with him… Enjoy and you can follow…
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SPN interviews Emily Kaminski of Emily’s Project
When Inc. magazine’s January issue hit the newsstands with the cover story “And the Money Comes Rolling In,” I didn’t wait a day to share it with my friends. “Check out the subheading,” I’d exclaim, “[Plenty of Fish founder] Markus Frind works one hour a day and brings in $10 million a year. How does…
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SPN interviews Grant Stanley and Tadd Wood of Contemporary Analysis
When I asked Grant Stanley, co-founder of Contemporary Analysis, what his parents thought about him starting a business right out of college, he replied, “My parents do not like that I’m an entrepreneur, yet they molded me for that.” At age 10, Grant could be found selling produce at Hy-Vee in order to save up the…
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SPN interviews Andy Peters of Ninth Division
After an article about local iPhone developers appeared in the Omaha World Herald’s Money section recently, I decided to follow up with the two individuals mentioned. Earlier this week, we heard from Omaha-based iPhone developer, Hasani Hunter. I also had the chance to catch up with Andy Peters of Ninth Division in his own backyard.…
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SPN interviews Eric Raasch of MindFlame Design & Marketing
Every startup and new business comes with the excitement of opportunity and creativity … and responsibility. For Eric Raasch of MindFlame Design & Marketing, a firm based in Sioux Falls, that responsibly is much greater when you’re a one-man show. Raasch, a graphic designer and ad man by nature, just celebrated his company’s first birthday…
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Omaha entrepreneur hopes to create national entrepreneur directory
Grant Stanley, co-founder of the marketing analytics firm Contemporary Analysis (CA), has set out to create a national entrepreneur directory, and he’s focusing his initial efforts on his home state of Nebraska. “The CA Entrepreneurship Directory is a part of Contemporary Analysis’s commitment to encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation,” Grant wrote in an email announcing the…
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SPN interviews Hasani Hunter of I.COM
Recently, I had the chance to sit down and chat with Hasani Hunter, local iPhone developer and founder of I.COM. You may remember him from a recent Omaha World Herald article about local smartphone app developers. Personally, I met Hasani a few months back at a Tweetup, and we started chatting about what he was…
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Interview with Elle Lien about CLEAN PLATE
Elle Lien’s project is called CLEAN PLATE. The goal…to raise awareness around food and the art of eating. The CLEAN PLATE installation at 22 Floors Empty Room is an opportunity for Elle to share with others her belief that the act of eating is an everyday expression of our most deeply held values. It will…
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SPN interviews Tom Massey and Ed McKee of Whistletree
A few weeks ago, SPN sat down with Whistletree Founders Tom Massey and Ed McKee at their headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska. Whistletree provides free conference call solutions and a lot more. After entering your name email address, you’re provided with an active conference dial-in number, access code, and host controls. Unlike other conferencing services, Whistletree…
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SPN interviews @Route140
Last week while Whuffaoke was in town, I had the opportunity to talk with Mark Simonds, or @Route140…a.k.a the man behind the Twitter Road Trip adventure. Mark is traveling nation-wide road trip to interview people and companies using Twitter and have interesting stories to tell. The idea for his project started as an excuse to…