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For 4 hours, experts will work side-by-side with one Omaha startup
The Omaha startup scene has branded itself as a collaborative community with a one-for-all, all-for-one mentality. And though Omaha is no stranger to networking socials, hackathons and other events connecting professionals, friends Corey Spitzer, founder and developer at Riff Labs, and Sumeet Jain, founder of dev shop Big Wheel Brigade and Omaha Code School, observed…
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Prairie Portrait: Corey Spitzer of SKAR Advertising
Silicon Prairie News: You were part of the team that helped bring Startup Weekend to Omaha, and you remain an organizer of the event. Why do you view Startup Weekend as important to Omaha? | Corey Spitzer: Startup Weekend is important in general because by fast-tracking the refinement of the idea, the execution with potential…
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Prairie Moves: Torsion Mobile, eDossea, Corey Spitzer and more
Reminder – Prairie Moves is now a bi-weekly series. Learn more in our most recent Prairie Moves. Also, a good portion of the items below are stories we will either cover in the coming days or ones we’ll miss covering because we can’t get to all of them. If you’d like to help us increase…
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10 reasons to attend Startup Weekend Omaha
After a successful first event this past March, Startup Weekend Omaha round two (September 10-12) will be kicking off in less than nine days at the Mastercraft building. The 54-hour event challenges attendees…
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First-ever Startup Weekend Omaha to be held March 19-21
With Startup Weekend Des Moines kicking off in a few hours (and some in Omaha kicking themselves for not making the trip), I think this post is just in time. Startup…
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Where are they now? Creative Capital Pitch Session I contestants
A few weeks ago, Dan Hoffman of Invest Nebraska, the organization that has sponsored our CCPS $1,000 prize, asked me for updates from our past contestants. Unable to provide them myself, I contacted the 26 past contestants with three questions: Where are you now with the idea you pitched? Specifically, what were your takeaways from…
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Creative Capital Pitch Session finalists & details!
We received soooo many good ideas and submissions for InvestNebraska’s first pitch session! So many, that it made it very difficult to narrow them down. In alphabetical-by-first-name order, here are the 10 finalists! Each of the finalists will have the opportunity to present for 5 minutes this coming Thursday at Nomad Lounge! Malorie Maddox from…