Mark Hennings

  • Omaha-Denver outfit creates Notify, an app to reach people around you

    Ever been to a large music festival, wedding or some other large event where you wish you could scream your thoughts to the group, but can’t? Maybe you want to quickly tell your neighbors about something going on in the ‘hood. Maybe a college student wants to tell the whole campus about a tailgate party.

  • Designer Slideshows working to improve online photo presentations

    Mark Hennings saw online photo slideshows as a stagnant industry that needed to catch up with today’s design standards. So he created DesignerSlideshows, which aims to modernize the standard photo slideshow often used at weddings, graduation parties and funerals. The Omaha-based company seeks to improve the …

  • Wednesday Whimsy: Bonus check? Nah, I’ll just jump from a plane.

    It’s not uncommon for people of the entrepreneurial set to pepper conversations with well-worn phrases like “taking the leap” into entrepreneurial venture or viewing a business “from 30,000 feet.” But at one Omaha company, those tired expressions have taken on new life. National Media Brands, a young business that makes products to help …