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Free webinar: Rapid Growth In The Face Of Uncertainty
At 2 pm today, Network After Work is offering a free webinar hosted by salesperson and bestselling author Matthew Pollard. The webinar focuses on transcending the “endless hamster wheel” of stalled growth. Organizers say participants will walk away understanding where they’ve gone wrong and how to get back on track with a few specific strategies.…
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Infotec 2020 Moves to Kaneko
Early-bird registration for Infotec 2020 is now open! Powered by the AIM Institute, Infotec is the Silicon Prairie’s premier annual business tech community gathering. Infotec 2020 will take place November 13 at Kaneko—a public, nonprofit, interdisciplinary cultural organization founded with the mission of exploring creativity across the spectrum of human activity, including art, science, technology…
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Omaha startup softball team fails to win even just one game
The Fightin’ Prairie Dogs, the Omaha startup community’s slow pitch softball team, ended its dismal season Monday night. The team went 0-13. That’s right: They didn’t even win one single, lousy game. The team, put together and funded as part of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s Event Draft, had players from Aviture, Elevate, GoodTwin, Omaha…
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Candid advice to CEOs and founders building teams, mistakes included
To all startup founders and CEOs, freakishly celebrate and learn from your mistakes. There ‘s no greater teacher when it comes to building your company. Thursday’s second installment of our Let’s Talk session, hosted in partnership with Missouri Bank, was a great reminder of this and drove home that there is no playbook for how…
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Three things I learned from Gary Vaynerchuk’s new social media book
In March, I wrote a post about starting an entrepreneurial-themed book club in Des Moines. While we’re still trying to figure out some of the logistics, as of last week we wrapped up Des Moines’ Startup Book Club’s first book: “Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook” by Gary Vaynerchuk. I’ve never been a big fan of…
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Looking ahead to tech trends and the top stories of 2014
The start of a new year always gets us thinking about what new innovations, tech trends and successful startups the next 365 days will bring. While this may not be the year that we finally get our hoverboards—sorry, McFly, that’s 2015—our editorial team came up with five tech trends we’re excited to watch play out…
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Nine people, one boot and four lessons about starting up in Iowa
A few weeks ago, I opened my email on a Monday night to find a message from Dwolla’s director of communications Jordan Lampe. Union Square Venture’s general manager Brittany Laughlin (left) was headed to Des Moines for the day to chat with the Dwolla staff, but Jordan had something else in mind as well. “What…
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Everything is good until someone decides to run a photo of some pigs
Here we go again with the ag stuff. As most of my friends will tell you, it peeves me when the national media stereotypes Iowa based on its agricultural history. By almost any account, Dwolla’s announcement Tuesday of its $16.5 million Series C round led by Andreessen Horowitz was a great thing for Des Moines’…
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My Instagram feed tells the story of a growing KC startup community
Storytelling is a beautiful, ever-evolving art form and Instagram is one of its vehicles. As I was scrolling through my feed last Friday, I stopped for a second to reflect on the events of the past few months and the impact of those events on the Kansas City startup community. Our inaugural Big Kansas City…
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Omaha mayoral candidate meet and greet events are April 24 and May 3
Leading up to the City of Omaha’s general election May 14, The Mastercraft will serve as the venue for two meet and greet events with mayoral candidates Jean Stothert (left) and Jim Suttle (right). It’s important for the future of our city to have a mayor that not only understands, but supports Omaha’s high level…