October 26, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha November is shaping up to be a busy month, with the recently announced Barcamp Omaha, and now with 3rd annual Highlight Midwest which takes place on Thursday, November 18th. read more
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October 26, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
October 23, 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
October 22, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Today, I continue going through the presentation that Danny and I gave to a group of Startup Weekend organizers in Kansas City earlier this month. The presentation centered around the details of Big Omaha, and how they're such a vital part of what makes the event special. In part one of this post, I covered five things: identity, badges, timing and food/beverage, photos and video, and chairs. The list continues… read more
October 22, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Join in on the conversation, send a comment or question our way in the chat box below. read more
October 19, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Today we're excited to launch a new page on Silicon Prairie News which will serve as a landing page for all of our Big Omaha 2010 videos. To date, we've released four videos from the 2010 event, including Scott Harrison, Roger Fransecky, David Hauser, and Dennis Crowley. This page will be a great resource for anyone wanting to get a feeling for Big Omaha, all in one place. In the coming weeks we… read more
October 16, 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
October 15, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha (Photo by Malone & Company) Earlier this month, Danny and I spent a few days in Kansas City at the Startup Organizers Summer. There, we had the privilege of presenting to the group about our experience producing Big Omaha. For this talk, we chose to highlight some of the little things about Big Omaha that we feel make it stand out amongst other events. Our hope was that these startup organizers… read more
October 12, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha At August's Cornstalks meeting (the Omaha Chamber's group on high-growth entrepreneurship), Adrian Blake gave a nice overview of himself and his new venture, TownCommons.com. The talk, titled "Why I came to Omaha and why you should too," covered three main topics: Where I come from What I'm working on now What should Omaha do as a startup hub Adrian shares his… read more
October 10, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Next Saturday is TEDxOmaha, so I thought it would be fitting this week to feature a video from another TEDx event. This talk is from TEDxSydney, and it's of Nigel Marsh talking about work-life balance: The reality of the society that we're in, is that there are thousands and thousands of people out there, leading lives of quiet, screaming desperation, where they work long, hard hours… read more
October 9, 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