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Connection of First Data alums leads to $11.2m MeNetwork acquisition
A LinkedIn message between two Omahans nine months ago resulted in an announcement today of an $11.2 million acquisition. The company making the acquisition, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based …
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Apple’s Passbook provides passport for MeNetwork growth
MeNetwork, a mobile marketing platform for merchants, has seen a surge of downloads thanks to being one of 70 apps integrated with Apple’s Passbook app (left) on its arrival in September. “In the last 10 days, we’ve seen over 80,000 downloads of our app,” MeNetwork co-founder Craig Page said less than two weeks after the…
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Prairie Moves: Newsy, Pikuzone, SelectOut and more
Published Tuesdays and Fridays, 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 editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if…
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Boulder-based MeNetwork closes angel round from Omaha investors
MeNetwork, a Boulder, Colo.-based mobile marketing platform, recently raised a second angel round of about $500k, a “similar range” to its first round one year ago, the startup’s CEO, Mike Corbisiero, said in a phone interview on Friday. Though MeNetwork’s headquarters aren’t in Omaha, one of its co-founders, Craig Paige, and two of its board…
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Prairie Moves: Jennifer Hoyt, Red Nova Labs, Bumble and more
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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 editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if…
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Cornstalks Demo Night: The MeNetwork by Craig Page (Video)
While the mainstream daily deal and coupon sites have users sign up once to receive a constant stream of emails with deals, The MeNetwork, which operates via SMS, doesn’t believe that strategy translates to its platform. “We have taken the opposite approach to that,” Craig Page, the Omaha startup’s COO, said. “We believe that people…
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Cornstalks Demo Night returning August 4
After a successful Demo Night in March, Cornstalks, a monthly gathering hosted by the Omaha Chamber for individuals interested in high-growth entrepreneurship, will be bringing back the event on August 4. The time and venue are set (details below) but the the lineup of presenting companies is still coming together. So far, participating in …
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The MeNetwork launches in Omaha today
The startup founded in Denver in early 2010 and now with significant Omaha ties – co-founders, executives and $350k of a $500k Friend & Family Round raised here – officially launched its text messaging service to Omaha venues today. For example, I texted “Omaha Lunch” to 63638 and received back: “Show this text and receive…