The team from Malone and Company helped capture the sights and sounds of Big Omaha 2011. All photos in post by Malone and Company.
That’s all she wrote. We appear to have milked every last drop from the content cow that is Big Omaha. With the publication of the final post from our Big Omaha Backstage Pass series on Monday, we have provided an exhaustive look at the energy and emotions, the ideas and insights, the sights and sounds of our flagship premiere event.
That timing works nicely because, as luck would have it, by the end of this week we’ll have another premiere event from which to bring you high-quality content. On Thursday and Friday in Des Moines, we’re holding our inaugural Thinc Iowa conference, and you can expect us to provide the same extensive coverage of the event — both during and after — as we did for Big Omaha.
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But before we get consumed looking forward to Thinc Iowa, let’s take one last look back at Big Omaha 2011. Below, in the order the speakers presented, is a rundown of all the presentations from this year’s event, complete with links to video and recaps of talks and, in many cases, those Backstage Pass interviews.
Day 1
Ben Huh, founder and CEO of Cheezburger Network
- Speech: Big Omaha Video Series
- Recap: “Things that excite us are things that would make other people cringe“
Leila Janah, founder and CEO of Samasource
- Speech: Big Omaha Video Series
- Recap: “Providing ‘digital work’ to people living in poverty”
- Backstage Pass: “Being useful in the world”
Aneesh Chopra, United States CTO (with interview by Robert Scoble, Rackspace)
- Speech: Big Omaha Video Series
- Recap: “There’s never been a better time to be an innovator“
- Backstage Pass: “The U.S. need for entrepreneurship“
Dan Martell, co-founder of Flowtown
- Speech: Big Omaha Video Series
- Recap: “I realized it’s not about not failing. It’s about not dying.“
- Backstage Pass: “Work on something bigger“
Erich Broksas, Startup America Partnership
- Speech: Big Omaha Video Series
- Recap: “Entrepreneurship is happening all over“
Shervin Pishevar, Former Chairman of Social Gaming Network
- Speech: Big Omaha Video Series
- Backstage Pass: “Mentorship is a gift”
Sarah Lacy, Senior Editor at TechCrunch
- Speech: Big Omaha Video Series
- Recap: “Every time you think you can’t do this in Omaha, think of these people“
- Q&A session: Big Omaha Video Series
Day 2
- Speech: Day 2 opening remarks
Gary Vaynerchuk, Co-Founder of VaynerMedia
- Speech: Big Omaha Video Series
- Recap: “For the first time ever, your ears matter more than your mouth“
- Backstage Pass: “Context & happiness“
Philip Kaplan, Entrepreneur in San Francisco
- Speech: Big Omaha Video Series
- Recap: “Turning cool ideas into successful companies“
- Backstage Pass: “Get in over your head“
Neil Blumenthal, Co-Founder of Warby Parker
- Speech: Big Omaha Video Series
- Recap: “Glasses are fun, but they are un-fun when they are $500“
- Backstage Pass: “Creating that change“
Micah Baldwin, CEO and Chief Community Caretaker of Graphicly
- Speech: Big Omaha Video Series
- Backstage Pass: “Conference of hope“
Marc Eckō, Founder of Artists & Instigators
- Speech: Big Omaha Video Series
- Recap: “Just because you talk about it doesn’t mean you did it“
- Backstage Pass: “The role of authenticity“
Travis Kalanick, Co-Founder and CEO of Uber
- Speech: Big Omaha Video Series
- Recap: “Whatever it is that you’re afraid of, go after it“
Bo Fishback, Founder and CEO of Zaarly
- Speech: Big Omaha Video Series
- Recap: “Learning really fast is way more important than being an expert“
- Backstage Pass: “The moment“
Until next time, cheers.