March 12, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha A big congratulations to the Greater Omaha Young Professionals for yet another outstanding Young Professionals Summit. Blake Mycoskie of TOMS Shoes was the luncheon keynote speaker, and after his presentation he sat down with me to highlight some of his talk's key points as well as more of the story around when he launched TOMS in 2006. Take a look at our conversation below, and a very… read more
March 10, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha At last Thursday's Greater Omaha Young Professionals Summit I tracked down two of the individuals behind the two most common phrases of the event: the Twitter hashtag #YourSeat2010 and the blue signs and stickers touting I live in Omaha. First up, Mark Pohl, the chair of this year's Summit and an employee of the Omaha Public Power District. read more
March 1, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha Silicon Prairie News has two all day passes ($125 value) to give away. To win one… read more
February 22, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha In gearing up for this year's Greater Omaha Young Professionals Summit on March 4, we wanted to provide short interviews with individuals who will be delivering keynote presentations. The first person I was able to visit with was Patricia Martin, CEO and founder of LitLamp Communications and the author of Renaissance Generation: The rise of the cultural consumer and what it means to your business. During our conversation, Patricia shared the background of LitLamp, a boutique marketing firm read more