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
May 27, 2010 by Guest Contributor
Omaha After we learned Omahan Gabe Kangas was invited to participate in TechStars for a Day, we asked him to share his thoughts in a guest post on his return. | Alright, stay with me. I promise you'll get something at the end. I don't promise you'll like it, though. I attended TechStars for a Day in Seattle. If you want to know what this rockin' organization does check it out. But in short, they are a business accelerator. Get your company off the ground in the most awesome way possible. It seemed like a classic case of serendipity. read more
April 16, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha It's Foursquare Day, and to celebrate we've announced a few more speakers to the Big Omaha roster! Anyone up for a game of Foursquare while wearing a pair of shoes from Zappos while dining on a delicious meal found on Foodspotting while reviewing data from SimpleGeo? Look for more details early next week, but take a look at who we are thrilled to be bringing into Omaha for the event. read more
March 25, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha A quick reminder about Cornstalks tonight at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce's downtown building (1301 Harney Street). Cornstalks is a group for pre-seed and seed entrepreneurs with high-growth companies. Drinks and snacks will be served at 6:30 followed by the formal program at 7:30 p.m. This month we will be hearing from Dr. Mike McGinnis, executive director of the Peter Kiewit Institute (PKI). read more
March 25, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha Tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. at the Gallup Riverfront Campus (1001 Gallup Drive), Erik Eldridge, developer and evangelist on Yahoo! Developer Network's Partner… read more
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
February 24, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha There's still a few seats left for this Friday's AIM Institute Technology Breakfast Seminar with Matt Galligan (pictured) of SimpleGeo. The focus of Matt's presentation will be mobile application development trends and the business community. Matt has an amazing bio in the technology and startup community which he has built over the course of a few years and his latest venture, SimpleGeo, has already received much recognition. Registration… read more
February 23, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha There's quite the smorgasbord of events this Thursday and Friday. I encourage you to take a look at them all and hopefully you'll be able to make it to one. read more
January 5, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha Registration is now open for AIM Institute's Technology Breakfast Seminars, the first of which will be held on Friday, Jan. 22, at the Gallup Riverfront campus (1001 Gallup Drive). This year's slate consists of some amazing speakers around ... read more
Omaha A few weeks ago Dusty Davidson and I landed in the state of Colorado to connect with many of the individuals building that region's entrepreneurial class. We had the opportunity to meet many of them through their attendance at ... read more