December 27, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Since our September interview with Adrian Blake, CEO of TownCommons, (see: "Adrian Blake of TownCommons.com, a ‘Google News for local events'") I've signed up for the event aggregator site to customize what events I see as well as receive weekly emails highlighting events in the categories I'm interested in – culture, exercise, food and technology. The weekly email, which is an optional feature, looks something like this (showing one… 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
September 21, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha A few weeks ago, we interviewed Adrian Blake, CEO of TownCommons.com. Today, we have some additional footage of Adrian giving us his thoughts on the Omaha startup scene. As was mentioned in the previous piece, Adrian comes to Omaha after having worked all over the world, and he brings a unique perspective to this dialogue of what is necessary… read more
September 8, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Adrian Blake, CEO of Omaha-based TownCommons.com. Adrian comes from an interesting background of management consulting with a history of working with large organizations, and he brings a unique and fresh perspective to the his startup. Simply put, Town Commons is a website that aggregates… read more
August 25, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Join host Tom Chapman, director of entrepreneurship and innovation at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, for tomorrow's Cornstalks at the downtown Chamber building (1301 Harney Street). Drinks and snacks will be served at 6:30 p.m. followed by the formal program beginning at 7:30. The featured speaker will be Adrian Blake, CEO of Town Commons, which is self-described as "a startup business based in Omaha that helps people create, find, and organize local information." To learn more about Blake, read his bio at towncommons.com/about-us. To learn more about Cornstalks see the "Cornstalks FAQ" in our post… read more