January 6, 2011 by Steven Adams
Omaha The Omaha-based insurance software administrator Benaissance didn’t start overnight. It started about 15 years ago when John Jenkins (left) founded COBRA Outsourcing Company, the company that would lead Jenkins and Mark Waterstraat (right) to found Benaissance. In 1995, Jenkins built COBRA Outsourcing Company (COCO) as a third-party… read more
December 14, 2010 by Steven Adams
Omaha As part of a recent transformation of Halo Institute, the offices were moved to a new location on Creighton University’s campus to utilize available space and bring the nonprofit business incubator within close proximity to Creighton’s College of Business. “Some have called it the relaunch of the Halo Institute,” said John Blazek, the new director of Halo. Halo, which was formerly… read more
November 17, 2010 by Steven Adams
Omaha (Left: Hayneedle's Doug Nielsen, Steve Dee, and Jason Goldberger) In less than six months, the Foundary has gone from a proposed idea to a successful home flash-sale site standing alone but also shining a light on another former startup company, Hayneedle. There are distinctions between the two sites and looking forward, the team at the Foundary hopes… read more
November 16, 2010 by Steven Adams
Omaha (Left: Hayneedle’s Jason Goldberger and Steve Dee.) Although it’s been just over a month since it launched, the Foundary, a home flash-sale site affiliated with Hayneedle, has come a long way from an idea mapped on a white board to a fully functioning website seeing thousands of registered users each day. The Foundary started as an idea… read more
September 29, 2010 by Steven Adams
Omaha (Left: Proxibid CEO Bruce Hoberman and co-founder and CFO Joe Petsick.) Last November, while hundreds of bidders gathered at the Sheraton Hotel in Manhattan for the auction of Bernard Madoff, the man behind a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme, thousands of bidders flocked to Proxibid.com, a website allowing bidders unable… read more
September 23, 2010 by Steven Adams
Omaha Ryan Downs has worked with several fast-growing startups, lived in nearly a dozen cities, and traveled all over the U.S. But for Downs, returning to live and work in Nebraska is exactly where he wants to be. He's now president of Omaha-based Proxibid, the world's largest live auction marketplace. Previously, he worked for law firms and was a part of the PayPal executive team. Downs grew up on his family farm and ranch outside Hershey, Nebraska and later went on to study at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Harvard Law School. After law school, he worked seven years as a trial lawyer for a firm in Denver and Chicago. read more
September 3, 2010 by Steven Adams
Omaha MedLetters, a new interactive and convenient tool for physicians, is about to become available online. The company was created to help physicians more effectively… read more