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Proxibid unleashes ‘Superman,’ the largest product upgrade in its history
It may not enable users to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but the bundle of upgrades — internally nicknamed “Project Superman” — announced today by Proxibid will provide what the company is touting as “the most user-friendly and secure online bidding experience available” and marks the largest product upgrade to date for Proxibid,…
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Going once, twice … five times: Proxibid unveils new Bidder App 5.0
Real auction marketplace Proxibid today unveiled its new online bidding application, Bidder App 5.0. With Bidder App 5.0’s larger, streamlined interface, Omaha-based Proxibid aims to simplify the process of bidding online. Bidder App 5.0 features several noteworthy upgrades and new capabilities. Among them: The bid button is larger and includes the item price and multiplier…
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Infotec coming back to Qwest Center on April 19-20
Keynote speeches from four national business leaders and almost 100 track presenters are among the offerings this year at Infotec, which is coming to Qwest Center Omaha…
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Prairie Moves: Carl Zulauf, Alex Gates, Megan Hunt & more
Published every Tuesday, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you…
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Blizzard not stopping bidding – ‘Business must go on,’ says Proxibid
(Left: A JD 8230T Tractor up for auction on Proxibid, from proxibid.com) When you take a look at the auction model Proxibid has centered its business around – live-bidding online at real-live auctions – this week it couldn’t make any more sense. “Two dozen states are currently in the path of a major storm system,…
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Proxibid implements revamped search tool
The search component of one of Omaha’s fastest growing startups – a staff that doubles in size every 12-18 months – has also gained a significant amount of speed. Proxbid, a real auction marketplace (think: online bidders bidding on real, live auctions, such as the Madoff Estate Auction), released a new search tool earlier this…
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Proxibid has record-breaking third quarter
As of late, we’ve published quite a few posts on Proxibid, and today we have an item of news from the Omaha-based company. Proxibid, the world’s largest real auction marketplace, had its most successful September to-date and a record-breaking third quarter. Here are a few bullet points that break down Proxibid’s growth, from today’s press…
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CEO Bruce Hoberman & co-founder Joe Petsick tell the Proxibid story
(Left: Proxibid CEO Bruce Hoberman and co-founder and CFO Joe Petsick.) Last November, while hundreds of bidders gathered at the Sheraton Hotel in Manhattan for the auction of Bernard Madoff, the man behind a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme, thousands of bidders flocked to Proxibid.com, a website allowing bidders unable…
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Ryan Downs on Proxibid & his return to Nebraska
Ryan Downs has worked with several fast-growing startups, lived in nearly a dozen cities, and traveled all over the U.S. But for Downs, returning to live and work in Nebraska is exactly where he wants to be. He’s now president of Omaha-based Proxibid, the world’s largest live auction marketplace. Previously, he worked for law firms…
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