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MindMixer, Hudl, Hayneedle and others receive recognition
Hudl’s often the software used to help high school football teams earn a trophy, but the Lincoln, Neb., company last month took home some hardware of its own. The University of Nebraska awarded Hudl its Walter Scott Entrepreneurial Business Award, which is designed to encourage businesses to create partnerships and links with the university in…
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Gov. Heineman visits Hayneedle to discuss Talent & Innovation Initiative
From the home base of one made-in-Nebraska startup success story, Gov. Dave Heineman today touted measures recently passed to enable other such stories. Heineman visited Hayneedle headquarters to highlight opportunities afforded to Nebraska businesses by the four-part Talent & Innovation Initiative, which passed during the recently completed legislative session. Among the Talent & Innovation Initiative’s…
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Xuba Launch: Founder reveals their first site, Bloom Circle
At tonight’s Xuba launch event, the social commerce startup’s founder, Julie Mahloch, took the stage around 6:10 p.m. to a crowd of over 80 people. “We have our first site out in beta and it’s called Bloom Circle, and it’s social beauty,” announced Mahloch halfway through her eight-minute talk. “We’re about women helping women find…
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Xuba, a ‘well-funded’ social commerce startup prepares to launch
Xuba, an Omaha-based startup that plans to roll out products over the next six months, has a lofty goal: “Google became a verb, Facebook became a movie, and Xuba will become synonymous with social commerce.” The company’s co-founders, Doug Nielsen and Julie Mahloch, have good reason…
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Building the Foundary – Part II: The Future
(Left: Hayneedle’s Doug Nielsen, Steve Dee, and Jason Goldberger) In less than six months, the Foundary has gone from a proposed idea to a successful home flash-sale site standing alone but also shining a light on another former startup company, Hayneedle. There are distinctions between the two sites and looking forward, the team at the…
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Shuffle atop Hayneedle: Doug Nielsen & Carter Cast switch roles
There’s been a change in roles amongst Hayneedle leadership. According to a press release published today, Doug Nielsen (left), chairman, and Carter Cast (right), president and CEO, will exchange their executive management roles. Nielsen, a co-founder of Hayneedle, will…
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Stacking Up: Jason Goldberger brings e-commerce experience to Hayneedle
Before landing roles in the e-commerce world, Jason Goldberger pursued a bachelor’s degree in government at a liberal arts college with no intention of ever landing a role in the political system. “It was just something I did,” said Goldberger, who graduated from Colby College in Waterville, Maine. “I always assumed I would get a…
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Stacking Up: Hayneedle executive profile series starts Thursday, July 1
Over the past few years, Hayneedle has been stacking up on talent. The Omaha-founded and still 100 percent Omaha-based online retailer of home furnishings and lifestyle products…
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Hayneedle co-founder Doug Nielsen named UNO Distinguished Alumnus
Congrats to Doug Nielsen, co-founder and chairman of Hayneedle, for being named a University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) College of Business Administration Distinguished Alumnus. Also recognized this year were Larry Bradley, partner, KPMG, LLP, and Dino Cagni, retired CEO, Hospital Corp. of America. Here’s more on Doug, from UNO’s press release: Doug Nielsen, an…