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  • What Cheer uses DonorsChoose API to highlight Omaha schools in need

    Charles Best created DonorsChoose to make it easy for anyone to help students in need. Last week, the crew from What Cheer made it a little easier Best spoke Friday morning at Big Omaha about DonorsChoose, the website he founded that allows public school teachers to post classroom project requests and, in turn, lets donors…

  • Check out the nearly 3,000 photos of Big Omaha 2012

    From Big Omaha 2012 opening to closing party, morning to afternoon speaker and serious to silly photo booth pose, here’s the round-up of the thousands of photos snapped by our stills and motion content partner, Malone & Company of Omaha. You’ve already been seeing Malone’s work featured in our Big Omaha coverage, and in the…

  • Ready or not, it’s the return of the Big Omaha Startup Swag Roundup

    Back by a combination of popular demand and this editor being a glutton for awkwardly asking, “Can I, um, take a picture of your T-shirt?” (OK, mostly the latter), it’s another edition of the Silicon Prairie Startup Swag Roundup®. Last May at Big Omaha, the first installment of The Roundup left you wanting more. In…

  • Ben Lerer relishes the daily work to build Thrillist Media Group (Video)

    Ben Lerer once had his sights set on the grand finale, the part in which he thought his company would receive enough money to “crash planes into boats, or other awesome stuff like that.” But over time, he learned that what’s more important than the destination is the daily work, the entrepreneurial journey on the…

  • Confessions of a Big Omaha emcee

    Let’s get this out of the way. Big Omaha isn’t just a conference. It’s much more. Big Omaha is a family. This is not hyperbole. “Who makes you better?” This is the question I posed to attendees as we kicked off an amazing two days of speakers, best practices, laughs, tears, hugs, high-fives, shoulder shakes,…

  • Magic happened at Big Omaha 2012

    In what has become somewhat of a post-Big Omaha ritual, I’m camped out in the back of a local coffee house attempting to start processing what has taken place over the last week. I know much has already been said and shared, and it will take me a few more days (and coffees) to fully…

  • Antonio Neves sets the stage as the Big Omaha 2012 emcee (Video)

    The Big Omaha 2012 Video Series presented by Microsoft BizSpark kicks off today with the opening remarks by our emcee, Antonio Neves of THINQACTION. In line with Neves’ welcome, this post serves as an introduction of the series: 18 videos featuring the 14 speakers and two special guests who took the stage at Big Omaha,…

  • The Kauffman Foundation reflects on its support of Big Omaha

    If you’ve had even the slightest experience with the Big Omaha community — either in person, through video, or on social media — then you’ve likely heard of The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The “Foundation of Entrepreneurship” has been Big Omaha’s premier sponsor for the past three years and served as a tremendous partner to…

  • Stay tuned for the Big Omaha videos presented by Microsoft BizSpark

    With another event freshly entered in the annals of SPN history now is the time to remind you that you don’t need to wait 12 months to experience more of Big Omaha. Thanks to the support of Microsoft BizSpark, a major sponsor of Big Omaha 2012, we’ll be releasing video of the 14 presentations delivered…

  • Mena Trott: ‘Every lesson we have will tell us who we are’

    Mena Trott, co-founder of Six Apart (now SAY Media) and blogger behind The Sew Weekly, joined the cast of Big Omaha speakers at KANEKO on Friday and closed the conference with a presentation that was extremely personal and raw. Admitting for the first time publicly about her separation from husband and partner, Ben, Trott gave…