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PROFILES

LivingSocial co-founder talks about building viral products

1192_5bb98ea4ab_small August 23, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

"The first deal we ran we started in just one city – in Washington D.C., our home base – and we sold 53 vouchers to a local sushi restaurant," said Aaron Batalion, co-founder of LivingSocial. "On our one-year anniversary we were live in 53 markets. So, it's been a pretty exciting year in launching this product." LivingSocial Deals, one of three products LivingSocial has released, reached the Omaha market on July 13, two weeks before its one-year anniversary. Today, deals are offered in 58 cities, including four cities outside of the U.S., two in the United Kingdom… read more

SERIES

Sunday Video: Seth Godin talks at Google

1191_cdc5adc59e_small August 22, 2010 by Dusty Davidson

For today's video, I'm again digging deep into the archives. In our Sunday Video Series, we like to share with our audience videos that inspire, educate or entertain us. Sometimes these videos are recent, sometimes they are not. In fact, I feel that it's our obligation to share some of the timeless pieces, just in case there are people in the Silicon Prairie News audience who have not yet seen them. Maybe it's lazy to link up some of these, but I think it's… read more

SERIES

Weekly Startup Links: VentureFizz, HBR, and more

August 21, 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

NEWS

TEDxOmaha presenters announced

1189_c2a01e7c3f_small August 20, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha TEDxOmaha, the local version of the well-known TED events, has released their list of 15 presenters. General tickets… read more

SERIES

Weekly Wrap Up with Jessica McKay of Birdhouse Collectible

1185_f264721add_small August 20, 2010 by Dusty Davidson

Omaha Mentioned this week: * Filming live on Ustream from Birdhouse Collectible * It's episode number 52 (one year)! * Peter Cales of Measure Cut Cut Studio * Omaha Creative Week Caretakers Forum, Monday, September 6 at KANEKO * Proxibid appoints former PayPal VP Ryan Downs as president * Eric Ries discusses Lean Startup methodology at Omaha meetup * Birdhouse Collectible open house this Saturday, August 21 read more

SERIES

Agency Business Manager & Studio Manager

August 19, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

We're excited to bring you our twenty-fifth Opportunities on the Prairie today with positions from Archrival in Lincoln and Phenomblue in Omaha. If you or your company… read more

SERIES

Tune in Tomorrow: Weekly Wrap Up with Jessica McKay, 10 a.m. CDT

1179_7f3fbdce7e_small August 19, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. CDT, Jeff and Dusty will be sitting down with Jessica McKay (left), owner of Birdhouse Collectible, an interior design consulting company. We interviewed McKay last September to capture her story, but much has changed since then, including moving into the Mastercraft building in Omaha's North Downtown district. Join us for the live Weekly Wrap Up show tomorrow to hear more… read more

NEWS

Proxibid appoints former PayPal VP Ryan Downs as president

1175_db49f39e27_small August 18, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Omaha-based Proxibid, a live auction webcasting service, delivered some exciting news yesterday with the announcement of their appointment of Ryan Downs, Omaha-native and former senior vice president of Worldwide Operations for PayPal, as company president. In short, Proxibid provides live webcasts of auctions to allow registered bidders unable to attend in-person to still participate in the auction. As of late, they're on a roll with high-interest auctions, such as Bernie Madoff's auction last November and the upcoming auction of "Real Housewife" Teresa Giudice later this month. A recent Wall Street Journal article reported that Proxibid… read more

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