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Through Omaha Venture Group, young professionals learn & give back
For the past two years I’ve had the privilege of participating in a local group called the Omaha Venture Group (OVG). Simply put, OVG is a group of young professionals who pool their money and make donations to small, area nonprofits who they feel will be best suited to take the money and do something…
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Prairie Moves: Catchfire Media hired two, Halo Institute covered and more
(Photo by BriYYZ on Flickr) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post,…
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Sunday Video: Be Fearless. Today.
This week’s video comes from the TechStars.tv’s The Founders series. Titled Be Fearless. Today., this episode features an outstanding cast of characters, including Matt Van Horn (left), business development at Digg, Alex Bogusky, founding partner at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, and a mix of current and previous graduates of TechStars…
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Weekly Startup Links: Mint.com, Ben Horowitz, and more
Every day I comb through my Google Reader reading sites like Hacker News and others, and star articles that are especially interesting about startups, entrepreneurship and miscellany.
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Prairie Moves: John Gustafson, Agile Sports, Oxide Design & more
The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email info@siliconprairienews.com. And if…
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Sunday Video: The hidden truths behind what really motivates us
When Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, remarks that something is “absolutely fascinating,” that something has my attention. So was the case when I read a tweet of Schmidt’s on May 30: @ericschmidt: The science of motivation; explained on a whiteboard, on youtube. Absolutely fascinating http://bit.ly/ckwckZ The link takes you to the video below from Daniel…
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Weekly Startup Links: OnStartups, Ben Horowitz, and more
With a busy summer travel schedule, I haven’t been keeping up on my Google Reader as much as I used to. However, I should be back into the swing of things, so look to a more regular posting schedule of the Weekly Startup Links.
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Big Omaha: The story behind the iPhone app
Putting on Big Omaha is a team effort, from those who work behind-the-scenes to the volunteers who help register attendees the day of, we’re fortunate to have the involvement of many talented individuals and companies. For the past two years, we’ve been especially fortunate to have the participation of Ninth Division, an Omaha-based mobile application…
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Prairie Moves: BitMethod hires two, Corn Finger previews mittens & more
While keeping an eye on Twitter, company blogs, and press releases sent to info@siliconprairienews.com, we see quite a bit of movement on the Silicon Prairie. Although a majority of these pieces of information haven’t made their way to our blog in the past, we think it’s time we begin to spread the word about them.…
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Sunday Video Series: Simon Sinek on how great leaders inspire action
You really can never go wrong when it comes to watching a video of TED talk. Yet this one from Simon Sinek ranks among my all-time favorites. Sinek, an anthropologist by trade, quit his day job in advertising at Sinek Partners in 2002 in the hopes of rediscovering his excitement about life and work. He…