March 12, 2013 by Brittany Mascio
Omaha That's right. The moment Big Omaha fans have been waiting for happens Wednesday at 11 a.m. CDT. Individual Big Omaha tickets go on sale. Experience the hottest up-and-coming innovators, entrepreneurs, creatives, designers and trendy attendees when they hit the catwalk and KANEKO's main stage this spring, May 8-10. | Ticket prices: We oriented our ticket prices to support the entrepreneurial spirit … read more
March 11, 2013 by Megan Bannister
Omaha This Thursday KANEKO, in conjunction with the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, will host the first in a three-part series of lectures on the the lessons that can be learned from professional and personal failure. Marcus Nelson (left), founder and CEO of San Francisco startup Addvocate, will speak at the first Failing Forward Conversations along with Anne Trumble, founder and director of Omaha nonprofit Emerging Terrain and Dr. Carl Greiner, a professor of psychiatry. "A community that accepts and endorses failure is a community that fosters an environment of creativity and innovation," Dusty Reynolds, Omaha Chamber director of entrepreneurship … read more
March 8, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha A LinkedIn message between two Omahans nine months ago resulted in an announcement today of an $11.2 million acquisition. The company making the acquisition, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based … read more
March 8, 2013 by Jeff Slobotski & Brittany Mascio
Omaha OK, folks! It's time to start getting excited about Big Omaha 2013. That is, if you haven't already. It's hard to believe that each year brings different takeaways and stories from what happens at the event, and we anticipate … read more
March 6, 2013 by Sponsor Author
Omaha (Sponsor post authored by Dr. Deepak Khazanchi.) The ability to continuously learn and build upon your skills as an information technology (IT) professional is not only essential for personal growth, but also critical in today's global businesses landscape. To meet the increasing demand for highly-qualified and technologically current IT professionals, the University of Nebraska at Omaha's College of Information Science and Technology (IS&T) offers affordable, cutting-edge IT education for professionals in a short workshop format under the auspices of its IT Professional Academy. … read more
March 4, 2013 by Guest Contributor
Omaha 2009: "You live in Omaha? When are you going to move away?" 2013: "Oh yeah, Omaha. I hear that's a pretty cool place." When I used to travel for business, my industry peers would always force themselves to feign interest in my answer to the usual first question: "Where are you from?" Oh, I'm from Omaha, I'd say. I love it there. It's a pretty exciting place to live right now and there's an awesome community … read more
March 1, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha We're excited today to announce the hiring of Megan Bannister and Fred Bauters, our new editors in Des Moines and Kansas City, respectively. Megan, whose name might be familiar as she's been a contributor since October, joins our team with a few months of school still on her plate. When she applied in January, we kindly told her we were looking for someone who could start full-time right away. … read more
March 1, 2013 by Chris Wolfgang
Omaha Adam Braun said he wasn't used to having to circle a stage to address an audience on all four sides of a platform. "I'm already getting dizzy," he joked Thursday at the beginning of his morning keynote at the Omaha Young Professionals Summit at the CenturyLink Center. It must have worn off. His presentation on Pencils of Promise, a nonprofit he founded to promote education in developing … read more
February 28, 2013 by Sponsor Author
Omaha (Sponsor post authored by Bart Dillashaw.) At one of the recent Lunch & Learns put on by the Mastercraft Advisors, John Grose and Doug Sutko of First National Bank discussed the "cost of capital" of debt and equity. Entrepreneurs often fail to think about this concept as much as they should, and it is a topic worth exploring in more detail. Those in financial circles throw around the term "cost of capital" generally to refer to the level of return a given investment is going to have to deliver to attract investors. Cost of capital tends to be proportionate to risk, so the riskier an investment, the higher … read more
February 19, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha John Legend is coming to the CenturyLink Center on Feb. 28 but it's not to sing in front of concert goers. Instead, it's to speak to more than 1,500 young professionals and business leaders at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce's Young Professionals Summit. Joining Legend as a keynote speaker for the annual event will be Pencils of Promise founder Adam Braun. Both Legend, a member of TIME's … read more
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