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CAN launches Portal to facilitate data exchange, eyes 30 new hires
Contemporary Analysis (CAN), a four-year-old B2B analytics company in Omaha, launched Portal, an online data-exchange interface for its clients, last week. “Customers don’t always have data that’s in perfect shape,” said Matt Crowl, a navigator at CAN. While face-to-face collaboration has been the tried-and-true way to bring a new client’s data into workable condition, that…
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Shout! Weekly releases its inaugural ’30 Under 30′ list
Shout!, Omaha’s new alternative weekly newspaper, released its inaugural 30 Under 30 list yesterday. In the publication, the list’s authors, Chris Larkin and Lisa Martin, described the effort as “a way to present stories of the achievements and aspirations found in the up-and-coming segment of Omaha.” Congrats to all those recognized, and a special congrats…
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JustAPosition.org team wins first-ever G2IC
Marcus Ross, Ryan Billington, and Jason Kirk, the team behind the idea JustAPosition.org, took home the top prize at the first-ever Government 2.0 Innovation Challenge hosted by Graffiti Tracker (GT). The competition, held Nov. 13-15, challenged its seven contestants, organized into five teams, to invent and develop a Gov 2.0 idea in a 48-hour period.…
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Creative Capital Pitch Session III: Eight to compete for $1,000 prize Thursday, Oct. 1
Congratulations to Nancy Williams, Grant Stanley, Nick Knudson, Timothy Kephart, and Andrew Curran, for rounding out our contestant line-up! You can view their one-minute pitch videos below, along with those of the first three contestants announced, Kyle Laughlin, Joe Frost, and Brendan Evans. Now, it’s time for the last two rounds. Join us Thursday at…
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SPN interviews Grant Stanley and Tadd Wood of Contemporary Analysis
When I asked Grant Stanley, co-founder of Contemporary Analysis, what his parents thought about him starting a business right out of college, he replied, “My parents do not like that I’m an entrepreneur, yet they molded me for that.” At age 10, Grant could be found selling produce at Hy-Vee in order to save up the…
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Omaha entrepreneur hopes to create national entrepreneur directory
Grant Stanley, co-founder of the marketing analytics firm Contemporary Analysis (CA), has set out to create a national entrepreneur directory, and he’s focusing his initial efforts on his home state of Nebraska. “The CA Entrepreneurship Directory is a part of Contemporary Analysis’s commitment to encouraging entrepreneurship and innovation,” Grant wrote in an email announcing the…
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What makes your business card special?
Inspired by this clip: American Psycho: Business Card Scene “New card, what do you think? […] Picked them up from the printers yesterday. […] That’s bone, and the letter is something called Silian Rail.” — Patrick Bateman I decided to ask some of the attendees at last Friday’s SPN First Birthday Party / BrightMix Ice…