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At 1MC, It’s Deductible co-founder shares what it’s like to get acquired
1 Million Cups Omaha-Lincoln has shared founding stories, success stories, post-mortems and Wednesday, an acquisition story from Craig Walter of It’s Deductible, a tax software startup acquired by the makers of TurboTax in 2003…
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“Where the money is”
(Guest post by Gordon Whitten.) When Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he famously said, “That’s where the money is.” Not so different from an entrepreneur looking to start a business. Business is where the money is. But most entrepreneurs go into business to build something. The money to be earned is somewhat…
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VoterTide closes seed round, readies its ‘Google Alerts for social media’
VoterTide, a social media monitoring and analysis app focused on politics, announced Tuesday that it closed a “significant seed round” led by Optimas Group, an Omaha investment company. Also participating in the round was Gordon Whitten, who was the Omaha startup’s first investor. Behind Optimas’ investment …
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Gordon Whitten speaks on ‘Seven Secrets to Entrepreneurial Success’
Gordon Whitten, who founded Sojern and recently popped up in the news for teaming up another Omaha entrepreneur to launch VoterTide, spoke at Cornstalks on Thursday about his entrepreneurial career. Cornstalks is a monthly gathering hosted by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce for individuals interested in high-growth entrepreneurship. “I started my first real business…
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Winter, Whitten teaming up to launch VoterTide in November
It’s nothing more than a splash page at the moment, but if I had to cast my vote for what will soon be unveiled by two Omaha entrepreneurs I’d say something interesting is in the works. Earlier this year, RockDex founder Jimmy Winter began applying his startup’s technology, a social media monitoring …
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Serial entrepreneur Gordon Whitten to speak Thursday at Cornstalks
Thursday, Gordon Whitten serial entrepreneur and C level exec, will present at Cornstalks, Omaha’s monthly gathering for individuals interested in high-growth entrepreneurship hosted by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce. According to Whitten’s LinkedIn profile, he founded two technology companies and launched three consumer products as a vice president in a Fortune-500 company in …
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Prairie Moves: Josh Cramer, Marcus Ross, Randomnade and more
Published every Tuesday, 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, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you…
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Sojern brings Yahoo! veteran Mark Rabe aboard as CEO
Mark Rabe will succeed Gordon Whitten as chief executive officer of Sojern, the Omaha-based company announced today. Whitten founded Sojern, which provides destination-specific content and advertising on airline online boarding passes, and has served as CEO of the company since its inception in 2007. Whitten will stay on at Sojern, focusing on next generation partnerships…
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AIM Tech Breakfast this Friday, Mar. 18 – ticket giveaway
Two local speakers will be featured in the third and final AIM Institute Technology Breakfast Seminar this Friday, March 18, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Gallup Riverfront Campus. Gordon Whitten, founder and CEO of Sojern, along with his colleague Chad Bokowski, VP of product…