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Meet the new SPN editor, Stefanie Monge
Omaha native and startup veteran Stefanie Monge will lead Silicon Prairie News into the next era under the stewardship of the Nebraska Journalism Trust. She was recently named SPN editor after the publication was acquired from AIM.
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QA with CEO Stefanie Monge on entrepreneurship in Omaha
Stefanie Monge, the CEO of Welcor Enterprise Yoga and Founder of Think Start Do, has spent a decade working with entrepreneurs all over the world. She moved from Omaha to Australia, Asia, Europe and back again gaining insight and experience as to what it takes to form and scale startups. Last week, Monge spoke at…
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Shout! Weekly releases its inaugural ’30 Under 30′ list
Shout!, Omaha’s new alternative weekly newspaper, released its inaugural 30 Under 30 list yesterday. In the publication, the list’s authors, Chris Larkin and Lisa Martin, described the effort as “a way to present stories of the achievements and aspirations found in the up-and-coming segment of Omaha.” Congrats to all those recognized, and a special congrats…
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JustAPosition.org team wins first-ever G2IC
Marcus Ross, Ryan Billington, and Jason Kirk, the team behind the idea JustAPosition.org, took home the top prize at the first-ever Government 2.0 Innovation Challenge hosted by Graffiti Tracker (GT). The competition, held Nov. 13-15, challenged its seven contestants, organized into five teams, to invent and develop a Gov 2.0 idea in a 48-hour period.…
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Small Business Administration focus of luncheon, World-Herald article
The Small Business Administration (SBA) was the topic of the most recent Midlands Venture Forum (MVF) Educational Lunch Session: Mike Niehaus of the Small Business Administration Topic: “The SBA Today” Please join us for a current update on what’s new and what’s changed to the programs available to small business and start-up businesses from the…
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Young entrepreneur – Jeff Milewski
Yet another great article from Stefanie Monge on Omaha’s next generation of “Movers”. This time on friend and supporter Jeff Milewski. Aromas Owner Jeff Milewski Brews a New Blend Milewski is a recent Creighton grad and a strong supporter of the new wave of entrepreneurs “jumping in” and building a business first hand. Aromas was…
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Local entrepreneur Chuck Sloup
Chuck Sloup was featured in yesterday’s OWH and for those that missed it, we wanted to be sure to point out the tremendous work Chuck has been working on. He is the co-founder and president of Facility Optimization Specialists, which has now developed a technology to reduce the energy it takes to both heat and…
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Mary Ann O’Brien from O’Brien Creative
SPN wants to point out the story on Mary Ann O’Brien, one of Omaha’s creative & innovative minds: http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1208&u_sid=10402606