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Tune in Tomorrow: Weekly Wrap Up live from CAMP, 10 a.m. CDT

1123_a95a95ff92_small July 29, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha (Photo by Bill Sitzmann of minorwhite) We'll be sitting down with Megan Hunt (left), owner of CAMP Coworking and the woman behind the bridal design studio Princess Lasertron, tomorrow at 10 a.m. CDT to film this week's Weekly Wrap Up show. Look for a post tomorrow with the live Ustream feed as well as a chat box. We encourage you to ask questions of either the show's hosts, Jeff & Dusty, or our guest… read more

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Greg Chambers quits day job to start tropical clothing line Mad Gringo

1109_36aa8bb6f5_small July 29, 2010 by Andrea Ciurej

Omaha Before starting a tropical clothing line in a state with no palm trees, Greg Chambers worked as a regional sales manager looking to get in touch with his inner “mad gringo.” Chambers, employed with First National Bank of Omaha at the time, was far from tropical as he adorned himself in a suit and tie everyday, making his inner “mad gringo” go loco. “It was great, but at the same time, it was not exactly what I was hoping to do with the rest of my life… read more

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AppendTo co-founders discuss rapid growth, distributed workforce

1120_a0b60fdc5f_small July 29, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

With a clever line of jQuery yesterday, appendTo co-founder and president Jonathan Sharp publicly welcomed the newest member to his company's team. AppendTo, based out of Denver, is a consulting, training and support company for jQuery, the most popular of the JavaScript libraries. The company currently stands tall as the only major player in this arena, and since forming last October, they've expanded quite rapidly. The new employee greeted in the tweet above, Elijah Manor, is the company's… read more

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David Milligan & Kevin West give the rundown on patents

1121_455bdc11c4_small July 29, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha At last month's Midlands Venture Forum gathering, David Milligan and Kevin West, both patent attorneys at Advent IP, gave a 25-minute presentation on patents. In his opening remarks, Milligan introduced their talk with a one-sentence summary. "We're basically going to go through what we would consider kind of an assessment of… read more

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Designer, Digital Strategist, Interactive Specialist & Internship

July 28, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

We're excited to bring you our twenty-second Opportunities on the Prairie today with positions from Phenomblue and REBEL INTERACTIVE in Omaha and NUtech Ventures in Lincoln. read more

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Infogroup continues to license premium business content to Google

1108_d6c7a18505_small July 27, 2010 by Andrea Ciurej

Omaha The leading compiler of local business and consumer information is continuing to work behind the scenes at their Omaha headquarters by… read more

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Sunday Video: Common Craft sells explanation

1102_6894a4572d_small July 25, 2010 by John T. Meyer

I always appreciate businesses that can clearly and concisely explain what they do. Arguably my favorite company on the web, Common Craft, does just that. In fact, their product is explanation, and they can help you explain your own product or service. Common Craft is a two-person company, a husband and wife duo based in Seattle, Washington. Lee and Sachi LeFever started making videos in 2007 and have since made over 30 videos… read more

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Weekly Startup Links: A Smart Bear, Steve Blank, and more

July 24, 2010 by Dusty Davidson

Every day I comb through my Google Reader reading sites like Hacker News and others, and star articles that are especially interesting about startups, entrepreneurship and miscellany. read more