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Big Omaha Video Series: Dan Martell of Flowtown
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the eighth video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. The video features Dan Martell, co-founder of Flowtown, a social marketing platform focused on helping small businesses achieve real results in the world of social media. An award-winning entrepreneur at age 25,…
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Thinc Iowa is our next big thing
We’ve been hinting about Thinc Iowa for over three months now and I’m excited that our team has finally given me the go-ahead to spill the beans about what we’ve been working on. On October 20-21, we’re bringing an important national conversation to Des Moines. Over that day and a half, we’ll be gathering some…
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Prairie Moves: Christopher New, Emma Peterson, Fresk and more
Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more 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…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Aneesh Chopra, US Chief Technology Officer
Today we’re pleased to share with the you the seventh video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. Having Aneesh Chopra, US CTO, involved in this year’s event was exciting, as it brought a new dimension to the individuals who have shared their ideas and insights with us over the…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Ben Huh of Cheezburger Network
Today we’re pleased to share with the you the sixth video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. In the video above, Ben Huh, founder and CEO of Cheezburger Network, shares his story from his humble beginnings with I Can Has Cheezburger in September 2007 to today, overseeing a network…
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Startup Spaces: CAMP Coworking, Omaha’s first coworking space
School’s out, but CAMP is in session. Last week, we ran an update on the progress Omaha’s CAMP Coworking (1111 North 13th St.) experienced in its first year. Today, we want to provide a visual of the collaborative workspace. Megan Hunt, the owner of CAMP, recently said via Twitter, “Someday I want to tell the…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Neil Blumenthal of Warby Parker
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the third video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. The video features Neil Blumenthal, one of the Founders of Warby Parker, a company that he and three friends launched in early 2010 with the belief “that eyewear can be a powerful…
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Oxide Design Co. gives insight into Big Omaha 2011 branding
Three years in, it can officially be called an annual tradition: design an entirely new identity for an entrepreneurial conference utilizing a giant cow. The premise is so ridiculous that it should have only worked once — if at all. And yet, three years in, we’re still discovering solutions that make sense. And three years…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Shervin Pishevar of Menlo Ventures
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the fourth video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. In the video above, Shervin Pishevar, managing partner at Menlo Ventures and former chairman of Social Gaming Network, shares very personal stories from his childhood as an Iranian immigrant and life lessons…