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@WarrenBuffett joins Twitter, gives nod to Nebraska native Ev Williams
Social media news isn’t a norm on SPN, but when Nebraska’s best-known resident joins Twitter, it becomes news, at least for Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune and of course, Mashable, among others. Warren Buffett this morning signed up for Twitter, and during a live video chat with Fortune, he sent his first…
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#FortuneBuffett: Oracle of Omaha to take questions via Twitter at 11 a.m.
Omaha’s Warren Buffett is “leaning in.” Motivated by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” movement and Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer’s HR policies, at 11 a.m. today, Buffett will take questions via Twitter on the topic of women and work. He’ll answer the questions in a live Fortune video event that aims to promote his latest…
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For mid-week motivation: notable nuggets from Berkshire Weekend
Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders meeting has come and gone, and with it so have the Nebraska Furniture Mart discounts that I, a proudly parsimonious purchaser, will kick myself until next year for missing. But fear not, fellow unfulfilled bargain hunters: there’s still value to be gleaned from last weekend’s Woodstock for Capitalists, and I don’t…
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Big Omaha: An attendee’s ‘personal diary’ of the event
Thanks to a media sponsorship from Andrew Warner of Mixergy, we had the pleasure of meeting Mixergy’s producer, Giang Biscan. After her experience at Big Omaha, she wrote about it on her blog, AsAble.com: My personal diary of #BigOmaha. Since publishing it on May 18, she’s given us permission to re-post it on Silicon Prairie…
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Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting: extra passes & Tweetup reminder
The Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting is upon us – a weekend of mingling with people from the around the world, browsing Berkshire-owned company exhibits, and absorbing the wisdom of business partners Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger. And the best part, it’s all in Omaha. There’s no event like this one: accompanied by cans of Coca-Cola…