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Big Omaha Backstage Pass – Phil Kaplan: Get in over your head
“The one piece of advice,” Philip Kaplan said, “and this may sound like a platitude or something but I think it’s actually usable – is to get in over your head. Sign up for something that you don’t think you can do. Like, get a job that you’re totally unqualified for or promise something to…
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Big Omaha Backstage Pass – Neil Blumenthal: Creating that change
“We’re trying to revolutionize the eyewear industry,” Neil Blumenthal, co-founder of Warby Parker, said, “and revolutionize the way people think about for-profits, because we think that for-profits can be catalyst for change – if they’re stake holder centric, if they think about other people other than just their shareholders. And that might be, you know…
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Pin it! Pinterest co-founder added to Thinc Iowa lineup
How about one more? As we’ve been talking about Thinc Iowa for a nearly a year now we’ve been promising an event that will bring eight dynamic “doers” from around the country to Des Moines to spearhead a conversation on how startups and corporations can work together and learn from each other. Today, we’re very…
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Big Omaha Backstage Pass – Dan Martell: Work on something bigger
“I guess the one piece of advice I would give anybody,” Dan Martell, co-founder of Flowtown, said, “is that no matter what you’re gonna to decide to work on – whether it be a million-dollar idea or a 10-million-dollar idea or a 100-million-dollar idea – you’re gonna spend the same amount of time doing it.…
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Sunday Video: Hoffman, Weiner talk value of LinkedIn with Rose
(This is a guest post by Wendy Townley.) Social media has become a two-headed beast that roars and whispers each and every day. At times, Facebook and Twitter are quite annoying, really. I find myself lacking the willpower to turn them off, log out and walk away. My eyes glaze over as I absentmindedly scan…
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Prairie Moves: Dave Rowe, I Smell Brains, Slouch Couch and more
As Thinc Iowa nears (now just 12 days away), our staff resources have been moved around for event planning and execution and unfortunately for our readers, this means our content volume and deadlines take a hit. Expect fresh stories daily, but look to Prairie Moves to keep you in the loop on the activities of…
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Speakers from Microsoft, Saatchi & Saatchi X join Thinc Iowa lineup
Today we’re announcing two more amazing speakers to the Thinc Iowa slate. Please help me welcome Andy Murray and Doug Olson to the lineup! Andy Murray is the founder and chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi X, a world-wide advertising network. Andy is a serial entrepreneur …
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Coming Monday…
Next week, tune into Silicon Prairie News for a one-week video series of backstage interviews with our Big Omaha 2011 speakers. Produced by our Big Omaha photo and moving images partner, Malone & Company, this series gives you never-before seen insight into the experiences, strategies and philosophies of these inspiring entrepreneurs …
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Thinc Iowa: Grab a seat now, all tickets staying at $199
We have great news for anyone who has yet to buy a ticket to Thinc Iowa! Thanks to the awesome support of our more than 30 sponsors, we’re going to hold ticket prices at the early bird rate of $199. If you haven’t bought your ticket yet you’ll want to do so soon as we…
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