Silicon Prairie News

SUBSCRIBE

MENU

Joe Olsen

  • Caretakers Forum will ask the question: What is creative?

    With events ranging from a photo competition to a guided tour of work spaces, the seven-day schedule for the inaugural Omaha Creative Week (September 5-11) is set. Kicking it off the evening of Monday, September 6, will be the Caretakers Forum, a panel discussion that will address the definition of creative, the purpose of creativity,…

  • Announcing the Caretakers Forum, Monday, September 6 at KANEKO

    Since first hearing about Omaha Creative Week a few months ago we began brainstorming ways to become involved. At Silicon Prairie News, we’re excited about highlighting our city’s creative community, whether it…

  • Omaha Creative Week promo videos released

    Momentum is gaining for the first annual Omaha Creative Week, taking place September 5-11 at venues all around Omaha. Modeled after New York Creative Week, the week-long celebration brings together creatives of all walks of life with events ranging from conferences to meetups. The guys over at Minorwhite Studios shot a great video featuring Creative…

  • 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…

  • Joe Olsen talks about Omaha Creative Week, September 5-11

    Last week I spoke with Joe Olsen about Omaha Creative Week, a week-long collection of events focusing on all things creative, taking place September 5-11. The event’s planning team, or caretakers, include Joe and others from his interactive brand experience agency, Phenomblue, as well as a mix of creatives and entrepreneurs from across the city.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Weekly Wrap Up with guests Joe Olsen & John Henry Müller

    Mentioned this week: * Filming on location from Slowdown at the Greater Omaha Young Professionals Summit aterparty * Interview with Summit keynote Blake Mycoskie coming next week (recorded by Malone & Co) * Omaha YP Summit recap * WordPress Happy Hour coming to Des Moines * New Silicon Prairie News weekly features…

  • Highlight Midwest keynote anecdotes: Joe Olsen

      Updated Phenomblue description on 11/13 at 11:15 AM. The 2009 edition of Highlight Midwest ended with a set of keynote presentations from leaders of innovative companies in each of the event’s three core cities: Kansas City, Des Moines and Omaha. These keynotes were my “highlight” of the day and I found them to be…

  • MVF: Thursday networking dinner to focus on turnarounds and restarts

    Tomorrow’s Midlands Venture Forum’s quarterly Networking Reception will feature Craig Tuttle, President and CEO of Transgenomic, speaking on the topic of “turnarounds and restarts.” The goal of MVF, which has been in existence since 2000, is to enable entrepreneurs, investors and service providers to collaborate. At these receptions, the opportunity to mingle is not only…