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Speakers, organizers stress sustainability at Big Omaha
A subtle shift is being felt at Big Omaha this year. Thanks to well-marked recycle bins, art installations, and even conference speakers themselves, the event has a new focus on sustainability. “As our conference gets bigger, it was hard to watch how sustainability wasn’t a part of it,” our event coordinator Brittany Mascio said before…
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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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Artists to gather Saturday for Omaha-inspired show, ‘We Are Omaha’
A who’s who of Omaha creatives will get together Saturday night to share artwork inspired by their city. inCOMMON Community Development, a nonprofit organization that works to unite and strengthen vulnerable neighborhoods …
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Guest Post: inCOMMON looks at the ‘Digital Divide’ in Omaha
Today, I’d like to introduce you to an amazing organization, inCOMMON Community Development. At inCOMMON, their mission is to address poverty in Omaha by working with residents to build social capital while at the same time improve the structures within our city’s most vulnerable neighborhoods. Christian Gray (left), a dear personal friend and member of…
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This Week: REWORK Meetup, Film Streams event & Startup Drinks
April’s Startup Drinks brought out a crowd to Nomad Lounge. Photo by Amelia Stoltman of the the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Here are three promising events taking place in Omaha this week. For more, check check out our events page, and if you think you have one to add, please contact info@siliconprairienews.com. Monday, June…
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Top five videos of 2009
Looking back over last year, 2009 was truly amazing! We highlighted an unbelievable amount of entrepreneurs, innovators and creatives. The following five videos were the most viewed interviews we conducted last year. We wanted to pull them off the shelf and share …