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Sen. Rand Paul stops by Mastercraft for entrepreneurship roundtable
Sen. Rand Paul has been mum on a potential presidential run in 2016, but took time to stop by the Mastercraft Monday before heading out on a statewide tour of Iowa this week in what many politicos say will lay a foundation for a 2016 bid. The Kentucky senator toured the Mastercraft, a hub of…
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Terry turns to Omaha startup’s site for feedback on internet piracy
Rep. Lee Terry of Nebraska (left), a former co-sponsor of the Stop Online Piracy Act (“SOPA”) who dropped support for the bill on Jan. 18, is looking to his constituents for ideas on how to curb online piracy. Utilizing the virtual town hall product of Omaha startup MindMixer, Terry has posted “Internet Piracy” as one…
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SOPA: Lee listens, Saddle Creek sets record straight and Moran reaffirms
Rep. Lee Terry of Nebraska announced today that he is removing his name as a co-sponsor of the Stop Online Piracy Act (“SOPA”), which is one of two highly contested bills (along with the Protect IP Act, or “PIPA”) at the center of today’s internet backlash. “Thank you for your concern about #SOPA,” Terry said…
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With ‘Lee Listens’ launch, MindMixer debuts first legislator-specific site
The expansion that the MindMixer team hinted was imminent when we checked in with them last month became official today, as U.S. Rep. Lee Terry, a Republican from Nebraska’s second district, announced the launch of the website Lee Listens in collaboration with MindMixer. Terry is the first legislator to have an individual page powered by…
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Yahoo! co-founder, Nebraska Governor cut ribbon on data center
On Wednesday, Yahoo! opened its new 180,000-square-foot data center in LaVista, located just south of Omaha. Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang was on hand for the celebration. In 1994, Yang, along with his business partner David Filo, founded Yahoo! while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The Nebraska data center is servicing Internet traffic around…
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