Omaha The video above just about sums up our blog these past few weeks. My apologies to our regular readers, we've been so hunkered down with Big Omaha preparations that we haven't dedicated time to keeping up with the many things going on around us. And there are many things. Here's just a handful of stories we've missed the boat on covering: Founded in 2007, Omaha-based Financial Transmission Network, Inc. (FTNI), a provider of electronic payment… read more

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

Omaha This is a guest post written by Joe Sparano of Oxide Design. | Big Omaha 2009 was Oxide’s first conference identity. Our problem-solving process is the same as any other, but conferences are unique for one reason: no matter how well you solve the problem the first year, the second year’s identity will bring… read more

Keeping in line with weekly links to startup-related posts that we find interesting, each Sunday we'll be sharing a video with solid content that we found while scouring the web for entrepreneurial and innovative inspiration. This week's video was found a couple years ago by my colleague at Silicon Prairie News, Jeff Slobotski. It's of Gary Vaynerchuck's presentation at the 2008 Web 2.0 Expo in New York City. Titled "Building Personal Brand Within the Social Media Landscape," it sounds like we're in for lessons… read more

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