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Leslie Fischer

  • Where are all the successful entrepreneurs?

    Where are all the successful entrepreneurs?

    The problem I keep running into is most people are in my boat.They are all startup. They are learning, making mistakes, tweaking their business and figuring it out as they go. But where are all the people that made it? Where are all the startups from before being a startup was a thing?

  • TAGG app helps make supporting local groups second nature

    TAGG app helps make supporting local groups second nature

    OMAHA—Now a local organization has created an easy way for shoppers to help support Omaha schools, nonprofits and other community groups. Last week Together a Greater Good (TAGG) launched its free mobile app on iOS and Android. Using the app, consumers may designate 5 percent of their purchases to be donated to the local organization…

  • Women tech groups blossom in Nebraska, but there’s room to grow

    Women-led tech groups are growing in Nebraska and leaders say it’s because there’s a need for camaraderie, personal growth and networking among women in tech. In the last two years, five Nebraska-based groups have grown in an attempt to change the tide in the male-dominated fields of science, tech, engineering and math. That’s partially why…

  • Ladies Who Launch to kick off Omaha chapter September 17

    A meetup group that launched in Lincoln less than a year ago has already inspired a duo in Omaha to start it up here. And starting it up is no surprise: it’s at the core of the group that calls itself Ladies Who Launch. “It is just what Omaha needs,” Beka Doolittle (far left), owner…

  • TAGG Fundraising launches looking to help nonprofits, local businesses

    Two Omaha entrepreneurs are out to change the face of fundraising with TAGG, a web-based tool they hope will drive donations by “connecting people’s passions to their pocketbook.” Holly Baker and Leslie Fischer founded TAGG (which stands for Together A Greater Good) with dual goals: Enable charitable causes to raise money more easily and help…