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  • Why e-commerce boutique Hello Holiday opened a brick-and-mortar store

    Why e-commerce boutique Hello Holiday opened a brick-and-mortar store

    Adding a physical store to Hello Holiday was an unexpected move for the e-commerce boutique’s founders. “When we started Hello Holiday, we never saw ourselves offering an in-person shopping experience because we thought e-commerce was the entire vision of the future.”

  • Thirteen graduate from inaugural Omaha Code School, ready for work

    They haven’t mastered programming in 12 weeks, but 13 Omaha Code School students have learned enough to be ready for the real world, says instructor Sumeet Jain. It was the first batch of students to go through the city’s first coding school, and while there were no caps and gowns, Friday’s graduation ceremony was full…

  • As Big Omaha grows, Megan Hunt has been there every step of the way

    Every year our Big Omaha family grows larger as folks from more than 200 cities across the country and the globe join to be inspired to follow their passions and empowered to build their companies. Silicon Prairie News is thrilled to welcome every new attendee, and we’ll always have a special place in our hearts…

  • What makes coworking work?

    For years, startup founders and entrepreneurs across the Silicon Prairie have sought to get out of basements and coffee shops and make the move to professional workspaces. Thus, a startup culture staple – coworking – emerged. Coworking spaces in and nearby the region’s flagship cities of Omaha, Des Moines and Kansas City have been on…

  • Hello Holiday co-founders to speak Thursday at Cornstalks

    Megan Hunt and Sarah Lorsung Tvrdik, the co-founders of Omaha-based Hello Holiday, will present Thursday evening at Cornstalks, a monthly event the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce puts on for people interested in high-growth entrepreneurship. Cornstalks is held at Silicon Prairie News headquarters (1111 North 13th Street, Suite 208). Things will get underway Thursday at…

  • Hello Holiday debuts looking to help fashion designers reach customers

    Today, Megan Hunt aka Princess Lasertron unveiled her latest endeavor: Hello Holiday, a womenswear ecommerce site that supports emerging fashion designers. The site went live this morning, but the project has been in the works since February when co-founder Sarah Lorsung Tvrdik, who at the time was freelancing as a fashion writer, stopped into Hunt’s…

  • In fifth year, BarCamp Omaha draws largest, most eclectic crowd

    A stroll around The Slowdown on Saturday, midway through the afternoon portion of BarCamp Omaha, revealed speakers serving up a smorgasboard of presentations about personal passions. In one corner, a group enjoyed a look into the life of a “mompreneuer.” A few feet away, another audience tuned in to an address about the joys of…

  • Barcamp Omaha comes to Slowdown Sept. 8, tickets on sale

    Barcamp Omaha, an unconference now in its fifth year, is Sept. 8 at Slowdown in North Downtown Omaha, with an opening party kicking it off the night before, Sept. 7. Tickets ($10) went on sale today and, as in year’s past, are expected to sell out. The new year features a fresh look, too. A…

  • CAMP Coworking closing after two-year run

    “Knowing when to stop is as important as knowing when to start,” Megan Hunt said in a blog post published today. “And it’s the right time for me to bow out.” In that post, Hunt (left), the owner of CAMP Coworking, announced the immediate closure of the coworking space she opened in July 2010 in…

  • Midlands Business Journal unveils its 10th annual ’40 Under 40′

    The Midlands Business Journal has announced its 10th annual “40 Under 40” class, a group of 40 of the greater Omaha area’s top entrepreneurs, executives and professionals under the age of 40. The MBJ also named Chris Hughes of Artifact Bag Co. its Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Hughes and this year’s 40 Under 40…