Omaha When Sahil Lavingia turned 18, he came to an important conclusion. "I was an adult," he said, "so I decided I was going to get serious about my career." That career, in a very short span, has included stints at Pinterest, Turntable.fm and now Gumroad. Lavingia founded Gumroad, which is designed to help people share and sell their creations directly to their social network followers and friends. As a speaker at Big Omaha 2012, he discussed his path to Gumroad. … read more

Omaha Sahil Lavingia is a 19-year-old who likes to build things. Apparently big things. The founder of Gumroad, a site that "lets you sell like you share," Lavingia draws on his background with Pinterest and Turntable to produce more, better, faster. "I build products to scale myself," the founding Pinterest designer said during his morning talk at KANEKO for Big Omaha 2012. "If you build an app in an hour that … read more

Already pick out your clothes in anticipation of Big Omaha? Now, it's time for you to do your homework on the speaker lineup. Lucky for you, we've done the hard part and put together a series of links on the latest news and videos of each of the speakers in hopes of building your enthusiasm before you even step out your door. Filled with one of the youngest entrepreneurs to receive venture capital funding, the founder of a company that began the blogging … read more