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Square co-founder says ‘the time is now’ to create (Video)
These days, Jim McKelvey’s best known for his work as the co-founder of Square, the mobile payments company that enables anyone with an iPhone to accept credit card transactions. But that’s just the most recent chapter of the McKelvey story, which includes endeavors far more distant and varied — from his years as a glass-blower…
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F Cancer brings fight against deadly foe to Generation Y (Video)
Yael Cohen was floored three years ago when her mother was diagnosed with cancer, but it didn’t take Cohen long to stand up and start fighting. “I’m not a researcher, so I can’t contribute scientifically to the race for the cure,” Cohen said on May 10 during her talk at Big Omaha 2012. “And I’m…
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Charles Best sees big change afoot in how ideas come to life (Video)
It didn’t take much time teaching at an underfunded New York high school for Charles Best to realize the severity of the disparity between opportunities enjoyed by students at different schools in the U.S. “When I started teaching in the Bronx,” Best said, “I saw firsthand that all schools are not created equal.” Best and…
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Brian Wong’s 10 steps to controlling your own luck (Video)
Brian Wong, the founder of mobile rewards network kiip, pulled from his personal and professional experience as an entrepreneur to convince the Big Omaha 2012 audience that people can create their own luck. “I’m here to say that you can control it,” Wong said Friday. “And I’m going give you 10 steps to do that…
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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…
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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,…
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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.…