April 4, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha MindMixer, a web-based platform billed as a "virtual town hall," announced today it closed a $1.9 million seed round led by Dundee Venture Capital, an Omaha-based venture capital firm whose founder, Mark Hasebroock, is also a co-founder and executive of the startup. The round was led but not fully funded by Dundee VC and brings the company's total raised to date to $2.2 million, Nick Bowden … read more
March 28, 2012 by Amy Engle
Omaha At this year's Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship, one of the three breakout tracks focused on startups, involving five entrepreneurs from a variety of industries. Videos from the track are now available (below) and feature SPN's own Danny Schreiber and Michael Stacy as moderators. … read more
January 25, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Rep. Lee Terry of Nebraska (left), a former co-sponsor of the Stop Online Piracy Act ("SOPA") who dropped support for the bill on Jan. 18, is looking to his constituents for ideas on how to curb online piracy. Utilizing the virtual town hall product of Omaha startup MindMixer, Terry has posted "Internet Piracy" as one of the topics on Lee Listens … read more
August 16, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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
August 8, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha So we're sort of suckers for sweet infographics like this. But, come on, can you really blame us? I mean, just look at it. This gem, courtesy of the team at MindMixer, shows the "state of the cities' ideas" for the month of July. In other words, in this illustration, MindMixer, an Omaha-based company that creates virtual town hall websites, captured all the ideas … read more
August 1, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha MindMixer planning meetings probably don't involve a map with big bull's-eyes over the major hubs of the Silicon Prairie, but the Omaha-based startup, which creates and manages virtual town halls, continues to fuel its growth in part by keeping its home region in the crosshairs. Most recently, MindMixer began … read more
July 22, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha The expansion that the MindMixer team hinted was imminent when we checked in with them last month became official today, as U.S. Rep. Lee Terry, a Republican from Nebraska's second district, announced the launch of the website Lee Listens in collaboration with MindMixer. Terry is the first legislator to have an individual page powered by MindMixer, an Omaha-based company that creates and manages virtual town halls. Until now, MindMixer has worked with cities and special causes … read more
June 3, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha When I reached out to Nick Bowden for a phone interview Thursday morning, the MindMixer co-founder and CEO was happy to oblige. But it soon became clear that Bowden's a busy man. "Nathan (Preheim, MindMixer's co-founder and COO) and I are at a conference in Madison (Wis.) this whole week presenting the concept and showing people that it's out … read more
May 4, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Since collaborating to launch a virtual townhall website last month, the city of Omaha and local startup MindMixer have found Omahans to be, in a word, engageable. Two weeks removed from the April 20 launch of EngageOmaha.com, MindMixer founder and CEO Nick Bowden said the website has experienced growth unparalleled by similar sites his company has launched in other cities. "The rapid pace of user growth, on average more than 70 new users per day, is pretty extraordinary," Bowden said … read more
April 20, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Omaha mayor Jim Suttle today announced the launch of EngageOmaha.com, one of the nation’s first city-wide, virtual town hall websites. The city launched the site in collaboration with Omaha-based startup MindMixer, which offers web-based idea generation and concept prioritization services. Together, the mayor’s office and MindMixer aim to … read more