November 16, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha VoterTide, a social media analysis app focused on politics for both Washington insiders and the everyday consumers of news, launched into public beta today. As we first reported on in October, this new company is the product of three experienced entrepreneurs: Jimmy Winter, the brain behind Omaha-based RockDex, Gordon Whitten, the founder … read more
November 2, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Gordon Whitten, who founded Sojern and recently popped up in the news for teaming up another Omaha entrepreneur to launch VoterTide, spoke at Cornstalks on Thursday about his entrepreneurial career. Cornstalks is a monthly gathering hosted by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce for individuals interested in high-growth entrepreneurship. "I started my first real business of my own when … read more
October 27, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha It's nothing more than a splash page at the moment, but if I had to cast my vote for what will soon be unveiled by two Omaha entrepreneurs I'd say something interesting is in the works. Earlier this year, RockDex founder Jimmy Winter began applying his startup's technology, a social media monitoring … read more
October 25, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Omaha Thursday, Gordon Whitten serial entrepreneur and C level exec, will present at Cornstalks, Omaha's monthly gathering for individuals interested in high-growth entrepreneurship hosted by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce. According to Whitten's LinkedIn profile, he founded two technology companies and launched three consumer products as a vice president in a Fortune-500 company in … read more
July 12, 2011 by Danny Schreiber & Brittany Mascio
Published every Tuesday, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions … read more
April 5, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Mark Rabe will succeed Gordon Whitten as chief executive officer of Sojern, the Omaha-based company announced today. Whitten founded Sojern, which provides destination-specific content and advertising on airline online boarding passes, and has served as CEO of the company since its inception in 2007. Whitten will stay on at Sojern, focusing on next generation partnerships and product expansion plans and continuing to serve on the board of directors. A Yahoo! veteran, Rabe (left, photo courtesy of Sojern) most recently served as the company's managing director of the United Kingdom and Ireland, where he was responsible for the company’s largest international market. Before that, he led Yahoo!’s efforts to grow relationships… read more
March 16, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Two local speakers will be featured in the third and final AIM Institute Technology Breakfast Seminar this Friday, March 18, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Gallup Riverfront Campus. Gordon Whitten, founder and CEO of Sojern, along with his colleague Chad Bokowski, VP of product… read more
August 31, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Omaha-based travel advertising company Sojern announced today that they have secured an additional $9 million in venture capital from Focus Ventures, Trident Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners. This new round of funding brings the total amount raised to $28.3 million… read more
July 22, 2010 by Guest Contributor
Omaha (This is a guest post by Gordon Whitten, founder and CEO of Sojern, Inc.) Lights are dim and shades drawn in the dev area at Sojern. Did'ja set up the release build config yet? Yep. Doing that now. Installing the provisioning profile… OK. Build and run… A few keystrokes, and there it is. Bright crystal blue shining… read more
January 13, 2010 by Aaron Onken
Omaha Earlier this week, I took the opportunity to sit down and talk with someone that I was personally thrilled to interview: Gordon Whitten, CEO of Sojern, Inc. Gordon is something of a serial entrepreneur. Originally from central Nebraska, he started ... read more