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Old-School Style: Omaha artist draws 8bit caricatures live at Big Omaha
Big Omaha has gone 8bit. The annual event is nearly one day in, and even at this highly innovative tech conference, there’s still room for old-school style—and Adam Nielsen is proving it. Nielsen is one of this year’s Big Omaha artists, live-drawing (yep, that’s right—live-drawing) caricatures of the 14 speakers while they’re on stage. Images…
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New “built” badges promote Silicon Prairie, Kansas City pride
A pair of Silicon Prairie companies this week introduced easy ways to help their neighbors tout their Midwestern roots. Goodtwin, an Omaha digital agency, today launched Silicon Prairie Built (above), a site that encourages startups in and around Omaha, Des Moines and Kansas City to identify themselves as Silicon Prairie shops. Silicon Prairie Built offers…
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With brewmaster on board, GoodTwin to brew up new business
Adam Nielsen of GoodTwin, a boutique creative firm he founded in 2005, announced on Monday the addition of Andrew Wirick as co-owner, leader of technology, chief of finance and, for what we assume will be the leisure activity in the office, brewmaster. With Wirick on board, however, GoodTwin plans to brew up a new business,…
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Dundee Venture Capital opens with $2M fund – interview with founder
Earlier today, Dundee Venture Capital officially announced its founding in Omaha with the launch of its website, dundeeventurecapital.com. In great big, bold letters, the Dundee Venture Capital homepage reads: “Investing in dynamic & passionate entrepreneurs.” And although it’s located in Omaha’s quaint midtown district called Dundee, its “Questions” page states that they’re ready to invest…
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Cornstalks Thursday, June 25: Optira co-founder, Mitchell Schefcik, to speak
At this month’s Cornstalks, Mitchell Schefcik, Co-Founder, President and CEO, of Optira will be speaking. Optira, a San Jose-based company with its operations office in Omaha, uses scanning laser technology to create extremely accurate 3D CAD models of buildings and other structures (see the sweet image below). Since its formation in 2003, Mitchell has endured…
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“Drifting Creatives” make a stop in Omaha
If you’re a creative in Omaha – at a design boutique or an agency – you should think about giving Martin and Gavin a call or a tweet (ASAP). These recent college grads have set out on a one-month journey across America’s Midwest and South to meet and work with as many creatives as possible.…
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SPN Interviews Adam Nielsen of Bi-‘stO Design
I had the opportunity to interview, along with Dusty’s help and his awesome new camera, Adam Nielsen from Bi-‘stO Design. Here’s one of Omaha’s best graphic designers. Keep an eye on this guy as he’s only going to rise higher and continue to capture great clients. Enjoy! (and here’s another interview with Adam at NE…