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Big Omaha Video Series: Extended Speaker Q&A
Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the 14th video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. The video features an extended Q&A panel with Dan Martell of Flowtown, Shervin Pishevar of Menlo Ventures, Mark Eckō of Artists & Instigators, Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch and Ben Huh of Cheezburger…
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Where do the entrepreneurs hang out? In Des Moines, it’s at Amici.
A mentor or professor from my past — I don’t even remember who at this point — mentioned to me that upon moving to a new city the first thing he did was seek out the coffee shops where the local tech entrepreneurs hang out. That, in his opinion, was the best way to get…
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Big Omaha Video Series: Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch
Today we’re pleased to share with the you the third video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. In the video above, Sarah shares her experiences with emerging entrepreneurs from around the world, which she documented over the last few years for her book, “Brilliant, Cocky, Crazy: How the Top…
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Big Omaha – Sarah Lacy: ‘Every time you think you can’t do this in Omaha, think of these people’
Sarah Lacy is a senior editor at TechCrunch, the world’s largest blog on tech entrepreneurship, and the author of the critically acclaimed “Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good.” After more than a decade covering business in Silicon Valley, Lacy decided to follow the flow of capital into the developing world. She bootstrapped a two-year, 40-week…
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How does the Silicon Prairie become more attractive for venture capital?
(Left: Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch interviews David Hornik of August Capital.) After reading a post by our friends at Silicon Florist looking at the same issue in Portland – “How does Portland become more attractive for venture capital investment?” – it inspired me to ask the same question of the Silicon Prairie community. Silicon Florist…
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Sunday Video: Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures on TechCrunch TV
This week’s video features Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist and principal of New York-based Union Square Ventures, answering questions during the “Ask a VC” series moderated by Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch. Enjoy this brief clip and be sure to follow Wilson on Twitter, @fredwilson, and his blog, avc.com, for his outstanding take on the venture…
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Weekly Wrap Up
Mentioned this week: filming on location at last night’s Site Launch Party at LIV Lounge; contributors join us on camera: Adam Templeton, Geoff Wood, John T. Meyer and Aaron Onken; late night programming; Jon Firmature of LIV Lounge; more features coming on new site; and Silicon Prairie News T-shirts have arrived…
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Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem
Big Omaha 2009, photo by Malone & Co. A few weeks ago, I wrote a post outlining my thoughts about the “culture of risk” in the Midwest region and how it was starting to make a change for the better. In that post, I referenced a post Sarah Lacy wrote on her blog over a…
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Culture of risk in Omaha
Yesterday, Gabe Kangas (@gabek) officially gave notice that he’s leaving his job and will be pursuing other opportunities. For a bit of context, its probably worth reading his entire writeup on his blog. Normally, this wouldn’t be a huge deal — people leave their jobs all the time. However, this one is different for me. Why?…