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Get to know our Big Omaha sponsors. They rock.

902_0f259010d1_small May 13, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Big Omaha year two is about to go down. Big Omaha year one was a success. How did all this come to be? When the short story is told, it starts in the summer of 2008 when Jeff Slobotski challenged himself and Silicon Prairie News co-founder Dusty Davidson to set a date, find a venue and book speakers in order to hold a first-class, unforgettable event. In May 2009, the event was held at KANEKO with more than 400 in attendance to hear from a robust… read more

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Weekly Wrap Up

678_05140d74ba_small February 26, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Mentioned this week * Filming on location at Greater Omaha Chamber's Cornstalks gathering (held fourth Thursday of the month) * Next Thursday's Greater Omaha Young Professionals Summit – interviews with keynote speakers Blake Mycoskie, Patricia Martin, and next week William Taylor * Startup Digest launched in Des Moines with Shane Reiser… read more

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Weekly Wrap Up

652_ca83649b21_small February 19, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Mentioned this week: * Filming on location at Barley's TipTop during the Greater Omaha Young Professionals' Style Your Sole Party, a pre-party for this year's Young Professionals Summit * Happy (belated) Birthday Dusty! * Upcoming interviews with Young Professionals Summit speakers: TOMS Shoes founder Blake Mycoskie, CEO and founder of LitLamp read more

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Greater Omaha YP’s Style Your Sole event Thursday, February 18

641_595c49aad8_small February 16, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha The Greater Omaha Young Professionals Council is hosting a Style Your Sole Party in prepartion for the Young Professionals Summit which takes place March 4! The event takes place this Thursday from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Barley's TipTop (1510 Cuming Street) in Omaha. It should be fun night of celebrity bartending by folks like David Brown, president of the Greater Omaha Chamber read more

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TechBrew Iowa, Startup Drinks Omaha this Thursday, February 11

628_c67c0f142b_small February 8, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines The region's monthly gatherings focused on bringing together people to discuss entrepreneurial ideas coincide again this Thursday, February 11. Des Moines' TechBrew Iowa event, put on by the Technology Association of Iowa, will take place at Dos Rios (316 Court Avenue) starting at 5 p.m. read more

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SPN In-Depth: The fate of Midwest game development

555_7c4357e4ad_small December 27, 2009 by Adam Templeton

Lincoln Video games have come a long way in the past three decades. They've gone from austere collections of pixels and 8-bit sound effects to a widely recognized artistic medium proudly standing toe-to-toe (and sometimes beating out) the film and music industries. Around the United States, local governments have taken notice of video games' profit potential, handing out incentives for new studios like candy on Halloween... read more

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Cornstalks set for Dec. 16

December 15, 2009 by Aaron Onken

Omaha It's Cornstalks time again, folks! Wow. It actually occurs to me that this will be the last one of 2009. My, how the year has flown by! Last time (for those of you who weren't there), we heard ... read more

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Recent Cornstalks featured Graffiti Tracker, Client Resources, Inc.

December 3, 2009 by Aaron Onken

Omaha Usually, I end up waiting until I remind folks about an upcoming Cornstalks event before posting footage from the previous month, but this time I just couldn't help myself. In November, Cornstalks attendees heard from Timothy Kephart of Graffiti ... read more

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MBJ’s 40 Under 40 winners announced

November 10, 2009 by Dusty Davidson

Omaha The winners of this year's Midlands Business Journal's "40 Under 40" award have been announced, and we'd like to extend a huge congrats to our very own Jeff Slobotski as one of this year's award recipients! ... read more

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Cornstalks Thursday, Oct. 29

October 26, 2009 by Aaron Onken

Omaha Well, the end of the month is nearly upon us. This can mean only one thing, it is time once again for another edition of Cornstalks, the Greater Omaha Chamber's group for pre-seed and seed entrepreneurs from the ... read more