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Startup Spaces: Engage with MindMixer’s HQ in the Mastercraft
Since day one, Omaha-based startup MindMixer has call the Mastercraft Building, located just north of Omaha’s Old Market district, home. In March 2011, the startup’s team consisted of just its co-founders—Nick Bowden and Nathan Preheim—and the pair was sub-leasing desks from a landscape architecture firm …
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MindMixer announces it’s hiring a team in San Francisco
With offices already in Omaha, Lincoln and Kansas City, MindMixer today announced it will take its civic engagement westward, looking to hire a small team in San Francisco. Nick Bowden, co-founder and CEO, wrote in the blog…
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Straight Shot announces former MindMixer employee as new director
Earlier this week Omaha-based accelerator Straight Shot named former MindMixer director of client services David Arnold its new managing director. “I am most excited to start building the critical coalitions needed to make year two (and beyond) a success for Straight Shot,” Arnold told Silicon Prairie News. “We hope to have 10 companies in the…
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Q&A: Hack Omaha organizer shares why hackers should attend third event
Calling all Nebraska hackers—the third iteration of Hack Omaha, a three-day public service-themed hackathon, is just around the corner. Organizers hosted the inaugural Hack Omaha last April and have continued to hone the event over the last year and a half …
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Code for America, MindMixer want your ideas for Ideation Nation
Code for America co-executive director Abhi Nemani believes the country is ready to embrace the civic technology movement. Alongside Omaha-based online community engagement platform MindMixer, the nonprofit helping government work better through technology will instill that belief into Ideation Nation, a five-week rally that asks Americans, “How would you improve your community using technology?” …
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MindMixer’s chief designer creates poster for charity: water campaign
We so often hear of the incredible results that can be traced back to relationships built here on the Silicon Prairie, and here’s yet another tale of the good those connections can yield. Tyler Riewer, content strategist at charity: water in New York City, reached out to 14 designers, including Justin Kemerling, chief design officer…
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MindMixer’s Nathan Preheim raised barns, now he’s raising a startup
How founders arrive at their startup idea rarely is a straight path, but there’s always a starting point. Mistakes, obstacles and profound moments often mesh to bring them to their passion. Omaha-based MindMixer has grown a lot since its inception in 2010…
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Bowden lays out challenge to make Omaha more attractive for startups
Setting up shop in Omaha (or Midwest for that matter) has been the one decision questioned regularly by many of our coastal counterparts. But the many startups that have successfully built, launched and attracted major investment dollars right here in the Midwest know that no matter the location, if you’re the best—relentlessly the best—success will…
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MindMixer, Hudl, Hayneedle and others receive recognition
Hudl’s often the software used to help high school football teams earn a trophy, but the Lincoln, Neb., company last month took home some hardware of its own. The University of Nebraska awarded Hudl its Walter Scott Entrepreneurial Business Award, which is designed to encourage businesses to create partnerships and links with the university in…
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MindMixer gets Bloomberg airtime, site requests around the world
The day after MindMixer this week announced its $4 million Series B round, its co-founder and CEO Nick Bowden sat down on Bloomberg TV to talk about his company’s product. “The Washington D.C. school district is using the tool to gather feedback from parents on a controversial issue of school closures,” Bowden told Bloomberg’s Pimm…