January 28, 2012 by Guest Contributor
Omaha (This is a guest post by Joe Hruska.) I am an entrepreneur at heart and have been as long as I can remember. My earliest entrepreneurial memory was a difficult decision on whether to raise the price of the coloring book pages I sold to my classmates from a nickel to a dime. (I decided to keep the price stable.) When I was ten, I took my first side job mopping the floors of my grade school for $2.50 a day. … read more
January 24, 2012 by Guest Contributor
(This is a guest post by Jimmy Winter.) Well internet, you've really done it this time. You didn't just like a friend's Facebook post and add a ribbon to your Twitter avatar, but you did some good old fashioned, hi-tech reaching out to your elected representatives. The effort to stop the advancement of the Stop Online Piracy Act ("SOPA") and the … read more
January 17, 2012 by Guest Contributor
(The following is a guest post by Dusty Reynolds of the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce.) Happy 2012! While it's still up for debate whether it's "two thousand twelve" or "twenty-twelve," it's always enjoyable to start fresh and look to the future. This is the time of the year where procrastinators (like myself) realize that the calendar year has changed and it's time to put together a few goals and resolutions for the months ahead. Here are a few of my goals for the upcoming year. Learn the landscape The first six months of the job (November-April), I'm committed … read more
January 12, 2012 by Guest Contributor
Las Vegas I'm very fortunate to be writing this post while sitting in Las Vegas amongst crowds of tech and gadget enthusiasts during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). I'm here with my company, Syncbak, debuting our internet television platform, a solution that is supported by the Consumer Electronics Association, the organization putting on the event this week. We're a part of the new startup centered area, Eureka Park, an area supported … read more
January 8, 2012 by Guest Contributor
Can entrepreneurship be taught? Perhaps University of Colorado "StartUp class" student Pedro Sorrentino sums this up most effectively when he says, "I discovered myself to be an entrepreneur. I just acknowledged something that was happening before. I realized how much of the mindset was in my nature." This supports my stance on the question. Entrepreneurship is to be activated rather … read more
December 12, 2011 by Guest Contributor
Des Moines (This is a guest post by Drew Larson and Adam Gregg, attorneys at the BrownWinick Law Firm.) It is an undeniable fact that technology has revolutionized the way we live and do business. In fact, a good number of you reading this right now operate a website, have online business operations, or even own a tech company. Many of these online activities could face new legal risks due to … read more
December 11, 2011 by Guest Contributor
(This is guest post by Sean Blanda.) At Technically Philly we are in a unique position. Because we have such a specific niche, we are often the first interaction a local company has with the press. Many times we are dealing with first-time entrepreneurs who are responsible for their own marketing and media outreach. Typically, these entrepreneurs are programmers or business majors who don't know anyone in the … read more
December 5, 2011 by Guest Contributor
Omaha Since word first leaked about a biography being written about Steve Jobs, I was interested in reading it. As a fan of Apple,* and having been inspired by Steve Jobs in a variety of ways, I looked forward to Walter Isaacson's thorough take on Steve. When Steve passed away in October, the book's release was pushed up, to October 24, to leverage the interest in him. A number of friends and people … read more
November 28, 2011 by Guest Contributor
As we watched the highly-anticipated Iowa-Nebraska and Kansas-Missouri football games this past weekend, it was evident that the Silicon Prairie is passionate about friendly state-vs-state rivalries. In the same spirit of neighborly competition, we have an update on the Scott Case Challenge to the Silicon Prairie as we wrote about a few weeks ago. … read more
November 25, 2011 by Guest Contributor
Des Moines (The following is a guest post by Chris Draper of Meidh Corporation) The newly minted "Silicon Sixth Avenue" is exactly what our city, county and state have been clamouring for: a high density of young, technology enabled risk takers. With nationally renowned start-ups bookending a Silicon Valley-style incubator, this new technology corridor is … read more
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