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Omaha Young Professionals seeks STEAM innovators to showcase work
OMAHA— The Omaha Young Professionals group is looking for entrepreneurs, artists, engineers and scientists to show off their innovations at its STEAM Innovator Fair March 5…
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For the Love of Cities: YP Summit attendees share why they love Omaha
Peter Kageyama closed the Feb. 29 Young Professionals Summit with his “For the Love of Cities” presentation, a keynote that provoked attendees to think about what creates points of pride in every city. In his talk, Kageyama provided examples of the love and emotional engagement that stem up organically in various …
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Newark mayor Cory Booker calls Omaha to action at YP Summit
Do something. The message Newark, N.J. mayor Cory Booker gave as the keynote speaker at the Omaha Young Professionals Summit on Thursday was the same message he got from a neighbor after one particularly difficult day early in his political career, when Booker was on the Newark city council. Feeling deflated because of political infighting…
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Events: KC Launch Party, Dwolla Meetup, Pitch & Grow and More
The week ahead might just be the busiest week of events we’ve seen in a long while, and moreover, it’s filled with a handful of quality startup-focused events. We’re, of course, very excited about the first event on this week’s calendar, the Silicon Prairie News – Kansas City Launch Party, and we hope to see…
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YP Summit announces keynote speaker: Newark Mayor Cory Booker
We’re excited to pass along the announcement of next year’s Young Professionals Summit keynote speaker: Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker (photo from twitter.com/corybooker). Earlier today, the Greater Omaha Young Professionals group, the section of the Greater Omaha Chamber responsible for the Summit, broke the news on their Twitter account, see: twitter.com/omahayp. Next year’s Summit…
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Prairie Moves: Catchfire Media hired two, Halo Institute covered and more
(Photo by BriYYZ on Flickr) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development 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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Joe Olsen talks about importance of traditional business skills
We’re digging through the archives this week to present a video we recorded March 4, 2010 at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professionals Summit at Qwest Center Omaha. Joe Olsen, CEO of Omaha-based interactive brand experience agency Phenomblue, gave the presentation below in one of the day’s breakout sessions. In it, he argues…
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Traditional Business Skills: An interview with Mike McCarthy
Mike McCarthy is the founder of McCarthy Capital, an Omaha-based private equity firm. Prior to the 2010 Young Professionals Summit, Joe Olsen of Phenomblue sat down with Mike to talk about business skills, entrepreneurship…
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Traditional Business Skills: An interview with Stephanie Healy
Stephanie Healy is the founder and former CEO of Vente, an online direct marketing company she sold to Experian in 2005. Stephanie is currently running Doc’s Choice Pet Food, a business she purchased after the buyout. Prior to the 2010 Young Professionals Summit, Joe Olsen of Phenomblue sat down with Stephanie to talk about business…
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YP Summit keynote Blake Mycoskie discusses sustainability, bootstrapping
A big congratulations to the Greater Omaha Young Professionals for yet another outstanding Young Professionals Summit. Blake Mycoskie of TOMS Shoes was the luncheon keynote speaker, and after his presentation he sat down with me to highlight some of his talk’s key points as well as more of the story around when he launched TOMS…