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Vitru helps employers, prospective hires match more than skill sets
Hiring the right people is critical to growing a great startup. And while great references and seven years of Java experience are a solid start, that resume padding tells you nothing about how this potential hire will fit in with your 10-person team. April Kelly, Ryan Mead and Jason Mullenhoff want to make finding that…
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Come eat tapas tonight from 5:30-7:30 at the Des Moines SPN Meetup
Join us tonight from 5:30-7:30 p.m. for a traveling tapas meetup at The Standard in downtown Des Moines. During the meetup we’re joining forces with July’s Des Moines Startup Drinks, and adding movement to the regular happy hour. Throughout the evening, we’ll rotate through a series of tapas stations and signature Minitinis and with each…
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Join us Thursday in Des Moines for an SPN Meetup with April Kelly
Thursday from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at The Standard in downtown Des Moines we’re partnering with Omaha author April Kelly to host a meetup unlike any of ours yet. At this meetup, we’re adding a bit of movement to the regular happy hour. You’ll make your way through a series of tapas stations throughout the evening. You’ll…
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Party on The Prairie from 7-9 p.m. at the SPN Pizza Meetup
If you’re hungry for some socialization with the startup scene and a slice of The Prairie’s finest pizza, make sure to join us from 7-9 p.m. at the The Pizza Shoppe Collective in Omaha. For this Silicon Prairie News meetup, we’ll embrace the nostalgia that comes along with the mention of a traditional pizza party…
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Join us for pizza on The Prairie at the SPN Meetup, July 11
We’re not saying this is the social event of the summer, but it very well could be the sauciest event you’ll attend all season. We’re partnering with Omaha’s Volano Solutions and author April Kelly to host an old school pizza party from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, July 11 at the The Pizza Shoppe Collective. At…
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World-Herald: LinkedIn IPO results in millionaires in Omaha office
According to an Omaha World-Herald article on Sunday, since LinkedIn became publicly traded in May, a number of employees at its Omaha office have benefited from the move. World-Hearld reporter Ross Boettcher writes: “And as it turns out, LinkedIn’s user base wasn’t the only thing that grew into the millions. After the company became publicly…
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MVF: April Kelly of LinkedIn speaks at educational lunch session
A couple Fridays ago, about 60 Midlands Venture Forum members and non-members gathered over the lunch hour to hear April Kelly, Director of the LinkedIn Service Center, present on ways to harness the power of social networking sites. At the opening of her presentation, Kelly asked the audience: “How many of you Google yourself?” After…
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MVF: Educational Lunch Session Friday
It’s not too late to register for tomorrow’s Midlands Venture Forum Educational Lunch Session, held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Community Room of Security National Bank, 1120 S. 101st St. April Kelly, Director of the Omaha Center for LinkedIn, will be delivering a presentation titled “Maximizing the Value in Social Networking Sites.”…