June 27, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Chalk it up to the Big Omaha bump. OK, no, don't chalk it up to that at all. That Foodspotting's Alexa Andrzejewski and Grasshopper's David Hauser made this year's Inc. list of 30 Under 30 has everything to do with Andrezejewski and Hauser's hard work and execution on big ideas, not their work on stage at Big Omaha. But we at Silicon Prairie News … read more
May 11, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Haven't had time to do your homework on all of this year's Big Omaha speakers? Not to worry; we can help you cram. We've combed the world wide interwebs to come up with a couple of stories, interviews, videos or otherwise noteworthy nuggets on each of our Big Omaha presenters so that you can brush up before you sit down at Kaneko on Thursday morning. … read more
April 7, 2011 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha Today, we're thrilled to announce this year's MC and two incredible speaker additions to the 2011 lineup: MC David Hauser of Grasshopper Group and speakers Marc Eckō of Marc Eckō Enterprises (left) and Bo Fishback of Zaarly (left). The response for Big Omaha this year has been overwhelming and incredibly humbling. After releasing Early Bird tickets… read more
February 25, 2011 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha (Photo by Malone & Company) Today, we're releasing the eleventh presentation in our video series from Big Omaha 2010. This video features the "Entrepreneur Panel" in which David Hauser of Grasshopper Group led the discussion of three entrepreneurs: Matt Galligan, co-founder of SimpleGeo, Alexa Andrzejewski, co-founder & CEO of Foodspotting and Justin Shaffer, founder of HotPotato (now with Facebook). read more
November 19, 2010 by John T. Meyer
National Entrepreneurs' Day is in full swing and I've already read many posts, tweets, and comments of how people are celebrating. Celebrations include a pitch to investors, giving away Tim Ferris' "The 4-Hour Work Week" to employees, and actually taking time off from work (which is about the complete opposite of entrepreneurial, but well-deserved). For all the details on today's celebration check out my post earlier today: "Celebrate the first-ever National Entrepreneurs’ Day…today!" To understand the complete story of today's event you have to go to the source of this movement, David Hauser… read more
October 1, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha Today, we're releasing the third presentation in our video series from Big Omaha 2010! This video features our second presenter, David Hauser, co-founder of Grasshopper, Chargify and Grasshopper Labs. Hauser gave attendees a look into how he and his team have built Grasshopper into what it is today. Giving the backstory and implementation of their creative marketing techniques… read more
June 3, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Omaha Fresh off moderating a panel of entrepreneurs at Big Omaha, I spoke with David Hauser about his impressions of the event and the Midwest. David, a Boston resident, is the co-founder of Grasshopper, Chargify and Grasshopper Labs. He was in Omaha for the first time to participate not only as a moderator but to open up the event, following the local… read more
May 30, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
For the past two weeks, Tim Jahn, creator of the Chicago-based weekly video podcast Beyond the Pedway, has been posting his interviews with some of the Big Omaha 2010 speakers. Last Friday, he released his interview with Dennis Crowley of foursquare and this past Friday, David Hauser of Grasshopper. Although they're labeled "Special Edition Big Omaha," these interviews… read more
May 25, 2010 by Dusty Davidson & Jeff Slobotski
Omaha As we sit here just over a week since we kicked off Big Omaha 2010, we're still unbelievably amazed by what took place in our community over the course of two and a half days. A new level of excitement and passion was born at this year's event. People left changed, and for that we're extremely grateful. This year saw over 500 people come to KANEKO to experience the event we created just two short years ago. read more
May 15, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Omaha 8:03 a.m. Welcome to Day 2 of Big Omaha. After an educational, enjoyable, and inspirational day of speakers, parties, and connecting yesterday, we're getting set to jump into another shared experience with the likes of Dennis Crowley (foursquare), Melody McCloskey (StyleSeat) and Tony Hsieh (Zappos). I'm the duly appointed live blogger for today so if you're not in the room, feel free to check back here throughout the day or follow the Twitter stream… read more