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On entrepreneur tour, IdeaMensch finds variety, passion in Omaha
Four guys in a Honda Element rolled into Omaha on Friday afternoon, 31 days into a four-month, 48-state entrepreneur tour across the country. In some ways, their eastern Nebraska excursion was exactly like any of the 50 stops they’re making throughout the U.S. between early July and late October. In other ways, it had a…
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Embrace the bootstrap…and start pulling!
(Guest post by Mark Carson.) We’ve all heard of the bootstrap startup, but is bootstrapping exclusive to the startup? What becomes of the bootstrap startup when it “grows up”? One of the key characteristics of a bootstrap business is it’s inclination to build vs. buy. Out of sheer necessity, this characteristic is engrained into most…
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Designer, account director, iOS developer, intern and 10 more
We’re excited to bring you our 104th Opportunities on The Prairie today from all over the region. If you have an opportunity to add, please register your positions using our …
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A poem for the Big Omaha 2012 in-kind sponsors
With the staff of Silicon Prairie News busily working to get everything just right for Big Omaha 2012, we wanted to make sure we stopped and took a minute to thank our final group of sponsors that make Big Omaha possible. In-kind donations are some of the most vital, providing crucial services like wifi and…
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Prairie Moves: 34ideas, FriendCaster, Kickanotch and more
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays (one day late this week), Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post,…
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Senior web technologist, biz dev manager and field producer
We’re excited to bring you our 68th Opportunities on the Prairie today, with positions from Fat Brain Toys in Elkhorn, Nebraska, Blue Compass Interactive and YourGameNow.com …
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Elkhorn-based Fat Brain Toys wins $20K, trip to Facebook HQ
Fat Brain Toys, you’ve just been chosen from among 11,000 companies as one of five winners of the Big Break for Small Business contest. What are you going to do next? Why, they’re going to Facebook land, of course. Fat Brain, based in Elkhorn, Neb., was announced Monday as one of five winners of a…
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Fat Brain Toys vying for votes to win Facebook prize package
An Omaha-area business is one of 10 companies that have been chosen from more than 11,000 entrants to vie for a social media makeover from Facebook and a $20,000 prize. Elkhorn-based Fat Brain Toys will compete against nine other companies for one of five trips to Facebook headquarters for a two-day social media training session…