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  • Big Kansas City speakers, early-bird tickets roll out Wednesday

    Big Kansas City speakers, early-bird tickets roll out Wednesday

    Maybe it’s best to not think of Big Kansas City 2014 as a conference, but instead a celebration of the progress and determination of the builders, collaborators and innovators that make up our community. The first glimpse of Big Kansas City 2014 on June 27 came with the release of this year’s identity, crafted by…

  • The 14 speakers for Big Omaha 2014

    This week Big Omaha welcomes a lineup of 14 speakers, each of whom offering something different to the biggest crowd in the conference’s history. With experience in a wide variety of industries, these speakers will offer varied and valuable insight to educate and inspire attendees. Take a look at the all-star lineup, and get acquainted…

  • Big Omaha’s Kevin Rose has turned his Digg roots into investment success

    Over the past decade, Kevin Rose has had a career marked with accomplishments that shaped the internet experience of many. Now, not only his ideas, but investment in the ideas of others have made an immeasurable impact on the tech industry. In 2004, Kevin founded the social news website, Digg. What began as an experiment soon…

  • Big Omaha’s Darya Rose: Equal parts neuroscientist, Summer Tomato

    She’s an acclaimed author and award-winning researcher with a Ph.D. in neuroscience. She also is a self-proclaimed geek who shamelessly shares her love of Zelda and photos of her “insanely adorable” mini-labradoodle (and pics of her with Michelle Obama and LeBron James, all within the month of February). Equal parts intellectual and lighthearted, scholarly and…

  • Big Omaha’s Chase Jarvis: Master photog works with Apple, Lady Gaga

    Chase Jarvis was finishing up a degree in philosophy with a plan to transition to medical school when his grandfather passed away. Having been a hobbyist photographer, he left all his equipment to his grandson. Chase was inexperienced yet intrigued, unaware of how dramatically this new hobby would impact his life’s trajectory …

  • Big Omaha speaker Ingrid Sanders empowers lifelong learners

    In 2012, Ingrid Sanders had more than a decade of experience in the tech industry under her belt as a digital strategist. It was then that she took a step back, traveling the world on a six-month sabbatical. She spent her time studying with experts in yoga, meditation, nutrition, relationships and ukulele. The trip became…

  • Big Omaha speaker Andrew Brooks wants to connect you to your home

    Our days are filled with small tasks that eat up lots of time. Making coffee, searching for keys, setting alarms and thermostats, feeding pets, the list goes on. These daily to-dos swim in and out of our minds, consuming even more seconds, minutes and hours. Andrew Brooks, COO and co-founder of SmartThings, wants to give…

  • Big Omaha speaker Heidi Lubin is building next-gen electric motors

    As she works to transform current standards for transportation, Heidi Lubin is rapidly becoming a thought leader in a previously male-dominated space. Hailing from Chicago, not only is she a wonderful role model for future female leaders, but also an incredible example of the ingenuity of Midwestern entrepreneurs. As the CEO and co-founder of HEVT,…

  • DJ Skee to give Big Omaha insight on building a worldwide community

    No matter the genre, music attaches us to our experiences. It adapts to the stages of life, becoming our soundtrack while having the ability to motivate, comfort, delight and inspire us. It may most easily play unnoticed in the background, but it’s front and center to someone like DJ Skee. Over the past decade, DJ…

  • Big Omaha speaker Alexis Tryon provides an online gallery for artists

    The choice to become a full-time artist doesn’t come without risk. Lack of recognition and an inability to reach the right audience are fears all artists can sympathize with. However, the thought of being anything but an artist is unbearable for many. Alexis Tryon is the co-founder and CEO of Artsicle, a website created to…