Michael Karnjanaprakorn

  • ‘Humongous education problem’ fuels Skillshare founder (Video)

    The entrepreneurial story Michael Karnjanaprakorn shared May 11 at Big Omaha 2012 was one that grew out of disenchantment with the status quo in education. Karnjanaprakorn’s frustration with education took root when he was in college and came to the conclusion that he’d been duped. College had always been portrayed to him as a place…

  • Fast Company honors faces familiar to the Silicon Prairie community

    We’re thrilled to see Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business” list released on Monday. This year’s list features four faces familiar to the Silicon Prairie community as introduced to us through Big Omaha and Thinc Iowa over the last year. …

  • Michael Karnjanaprakorn: ‘You should be a lifelong learner.’

    Before Michael Karnjanaprakorn even took the KANEKO stage for the last day of Big Omaha 2012, conference-goers were treated to a video explaining his company Skillshare. Highlighted by clips of kids learning about electricity and adults learning about music, the video claimed: “The future belongs to the curious.” The 2012 TED fellow said that everyone…

  • Read up on the Big Omaha 2012 Friday speakers

    Already pick out your clothes in anticipation of Big Omaha? Now, it’s time for you to do your homework on the speaker lineup. Lucky for you, we’ve done the hard part and put together a series of links on the latest news and videos of each of the speakers in hopes of building your enthusiasm…

  • Get to know the Big Omaha 2012 Thursday speakers

    Already pick out your clothes in anticipation of Big Omaha? Now, it’s time for you to do your homework on the speaker lineup. Lucky for you, we’ve done the hard part and put together a series of links on the latest news and videos of each of the speakers in hopes of building your enthusiasm…