Yet another top ranking for Omaha! Not only did Omaha garner an amazing ranking, but several other cities within our region were highlighted! This area continues to get more and more exciting each day!
CNNMoney.com ranked Omaha #3 among midsize metro areas on its best places to launch a business list. In addition to the figures we’re aware of such as…
From CNNMoney.com, retrieved 10/14:
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If Omaha conjures up images of merely cornfields and cows, think again: Four Fortune 500 companies and Warren Buffett call this Midwestern city home.
Omaha’s low cost of living, great schools, and affordable yet educated workforce make for a hotbed of entrepreneurial activity. […]
Agriculture — certainly not tourism — is the major industry that built the city, but that’s not to say Omaha doesn’t have a burgeoning arts and culture scene. As a frequent tour-bus stop between Chicago and Kansas City, Omaha gets many big names dropping by. Saddle Creek Records, an indie rock label representing Conor Oberst, Bright Eyes and Cursive resides here, as does the Qwest Center, a 18,300-seat arena that brings music and sports fans from Des Moines and Kansas City, which are both less than 200 miles away. -Annalyn Censky
The story also includes a profile of Omahan Nick Hudson.
As I mentioned, in addition to Omaha, our friends just west in Lincoln were also highlighted and there’s an excellent piece on our friends at Agile Sports who have relased an amazing product and are experiencing some exponential growth.
Outside of Nebraska, Des Moines and Jon Gaskell of SmartyPig had a great review on their innovative banking startup.
Keep up the great work folks! We’re making our mark, and spreading the word far and wide about what’s going on here…
