April 22, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha A little more than 10 years ago, Mark Hasebroock teamed up with two other Omaha entrepreneurs to buy and turn Hammocks.com into a viable business. Today, that company is known as Hayneedle, and it's one of the internet's largest retailers. Hasebroock (left), who now manages a venture capital fund, has a new goal in the ecommerce world … read more
April 22, 2013 by Megan Bannister
Marion CBS Corporation this morning announced that it has made a minority investment in Marion, Iowa-based startup Syncbak. Founded in 2009, Syncbak provides a television streaming platform that utilizes mobile devices' location-based authentication technology to allow local news networks and affiliates to push content to viewers in their area. The media giant did not disclose the terms of the deal and … read more
April 22, 2013 by Regan Carrizales
Kansas City Storytelling is a beautiful, ever-evolving art form and Instagram is one of its vehicles. As I was scrolling through my feed last Friday, I stopped for a second to reflect on the events of the past few months and the impact of those events on the Kansas City startup community. Our inaugural Big Kansas City event came and went with high fives and smiles, moments of inspiration and moments that emotionally moved each of us. Standing to the side of the stage as Scott … read more
April 21, 2013 by Guest Contributor
Kansas City Late last year over lunch, I was complaining about the lack of diversity in tech to Hack of the Sexes co-founder Jason Carrigan. He challenged that we should do something about it. Although our original idea of a boys vs. girls challenge in the tech space sparked a lot of controversy, much of the heat came from people who were opposed to the premise and thought that dividing the sexes is counter-productive and a step backward. We believe that providing a friendly competition where women are challenged to work … read more
April 20, 2013 by Guest Contributor
Omaha Sometimes, when you look back, a single moment in time can have so much more impact on the path we are on than we think. Big Omaha is one of those. Four years ago, I responded to a tweet from a girl who lived in Omaha. A week later, on Skype, she said I should check out her brothers conference in Omaha. That I should go. I signed up for the waiting list. She introduced me to her brother … read more
Altoona Rumors earlier this year pinned multiple tech giants, including Apple, for a possible $1 billion data center project in Altoona, Iowa. But this evening, the Des Moines Register's Donnelle Eller reported sources have said Facebook is behind the project, which could cost $1.5 billion … read more
April 19, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Today is showtime for the University of Nebraska–Lincoln students participating in the Raikes Design Studio, a capstone class in which student teams build software for local and national businesses, such as Nebraska Global, Hudl, Hayneedle and Microsoft. The class is part of the Raikes School of Computer Science and Management. In anticipation of today's project showcase event … read more
April 19, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Kansas City For those who understand what neutron—not gamma—radiation is, or wish they did, Kansas City engineer and scientist Paul Scott has a Kickstarter project that may pique their interest. The neuPhone is a smartphone neutron radiation detector that Scott hopes to take out of the prototype stage to be readily available for anyone at home, work or in the classroom as an education and discovery tool. … read more
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Winners will be announced live on stage at
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