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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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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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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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Big Omaha Video Series: Philip Kaplan
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the final and fifteenth video in the Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. The video features the one and only Phil Kaplan. We were thrilled when Phil let us know that he’d be able to attend and present at this year’s Big Omaha.…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Extended Speaker Q&A
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the 14th video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. The video features an extended Q&A panel with Dan Martell of Flowtown, Shervin Pishevar of Menlo Ventures, Mark Eckō of Artists & Instigators, Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch and Ben Huh of Cheezburger…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Travis Kalanick of Uber
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the thirteenth video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. In the video above, Travis Kalanick, co-founder and CEO of Uber, shares his background and lessons learned from his experiences in startups, angel investing and mentoring. He walks us through his various…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Leila Janah of Samasource
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the twelfth video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. This video features Leila Janah, founder and CEO of Samasource, a nonprofit connecting people living in poverty to work via the internet. In her talk, Leila shared her vision and inspiration for…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Gary Vaynerchuk of VaynerMedia
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you eleventh video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. This video features the one and only Gary Vaynerchuk of VaynerMedia and Daily Grape. In his talk, Gary brought a side of business and personality that only he can bring. He opened his…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Micah Baldwin of Graphicly
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the tenth video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. The video features a great friend and true supporter of Big Omaha and the Silicon Prairie community, Micah Baldwin. Micah is the CEO and chief community caretaker of Graphic.ly, a startup providing…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Erich Broksas of Startup America Partnership
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the ninth video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. This video features Erich Broksas of the Startup America Partnership. Broksas is a senior vice president at the Case Foundation, and is also serving as the partnership development lead for the Startup…