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Sojern announces additional $9M in venture capital funding
Omaha-based travel advertising company Sojern announced today that they have secured an additional $9 million in venture capital from Focus Ventures, Trident Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners. This new round of funding brings the total amount raised to $28.3 million…
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Launching a top ten iPhone app: Gordon Whitten on Airport Remote
(This is a guest post by Gordon Whitten, founder and CEO of Sojern, Inc.) Lights are dim and shades drawn in the dev area at Sojern. Did’ja set up the release build config yet? Yep. Doing that now. Installing the provisioning profile… OK. Build and run… A few keystrokes, and there it is. Bright crystal…
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SPN interviews Gordon Whitten of Sojern
Earlier this week, I took the opportunity to sit down and talk with someone that I was personally thrilled to interview: Gordon Whitten, CEO of Sojern, Inc. Gordon is something of a serial entrepreneur. Originally from central Nebraska, he started founding companies when he was young and has continued to do so throughout his life,…
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$50K investment up for grabs at competition
Beginning at 1 p.m. this Friday, seven finalists will present their business plans in the East-2-West New Venture Competition in hopes of securing the $50,000 investment from Invest Nebraska Corporation, the host of the event. The contestant lineup is solid, with an array of industries represented. In exchange for the investment, the winner is required…