October 13, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha "Do I think that this is an ambitious conference?" Baldwin says. "I categorize it much more as hope, and I think hope is much more about community where ambition is much more about individuals. And I think, for Jeff and Dusty, they’re very hopeful that the community will grow to what the community will allow it to be. They don’t want to it to be Boulder. … read more
July 13, 2011 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha Today, we're pleased to share with the you the tenth video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. The video features a great friend and true supporter of Big Omaha and the Silicon Prairie community, Micah Baldwin. Micah is the CEO and chief community caretaker of Graphic.ly, a startup providing an immersive social experience and marketplace around digital comics and … read more
May 13, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Haven't had time to study up 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 Friday morning. … read more
February 16, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha In late January we reported on a local connection to the $3 million funding round of Boulder, Colorado-based Graphic.ly (left, icon of their iPad app). Omaha-based Dundee Venture Capital participated in that round and we grabbed an interview with Dundee's founder Mark Hasebroock the day the story broke. With this story, we're a good week late… read more
January 25, 2011 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha Micah Baldwin, CEO and chief community caretaker of Boulder-based Graphic.ly, a startup providing an immersive social experience and marketplace around digital comics and associated merchandise, recently spoke with me about his company, namely, the $3 million round of funding they announced today. Led by DFJ Mercury, the round had participation from other venture capital firms and angels… read more
January 25, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha On the questions page of Dundee Venture Captial, founder Mark Hasebroock makes sure to point out: "We invest in companies all over the country, whether you’re in Boulder, New York or right here in Omaha. We like to partner with good people." Today, TechCrunch covered the latest activity from Dundee VC… read more
May 9, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha With Big Omaha 2010 just around the corner, it's time we release a Big Omaha 2009 video for our Sunday Video Series, and the one I've chosen is the most unique of them all. When Matt Mullenweg had to cancel at last minute, we had a 30-minute time slot open up. In response, Jeffrey Kalmikoff, Micah Baldwin, Jason Fried, and Gary Vaynerchuk came together and… read more
February 19, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha It's with great excitement that I officially announce the unveiling of the Big Omaha 2010 website! After what proved to be an amazingly inspiring event last year, and realizing that we wanted to put together a follow up event, we've been busy working with speakers and sponsors to put things together for May 13-15. Today, we're releasing the teaser site, and around March 1 we'll have additional speakers and ticket… read more
January 13, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha In keeping with the spirit of revealing the top videos and posts of 2009, we wanted to bring you the top five videos of Big Omaha 2009! The temperature seems to be shifting, if at least for a few days, and we are encouraged by the fact ... 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