August 8, 2011 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha Today, we're pleased to share with the you the 14th video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. The video features an extended Q&A panel with Dan Martell of Flowtown, Shervin Pishevar of Menlo Ventures, Mark Eckō of Artists & Instigators, Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch and Ben Huh of Cheezburger Network. This year's extended Q&A, an annual feature of Big Omaha … read more
June 23, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines A mentor or professor from my past — I don't even remember who at this point — mentioned to me that upon moving to a new city the first thing he did was seek out the coffee shops where the local tech entrepreneurs hang out. That, in his opinion, was the best way to get the vibe of the startup community and to find the people who were building companies. … read more
June 20, 2011 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha Today we're pleased to share with the you the third video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. In the video above, Sarah shares her experiences with emerging entrepreneurs from around the world, which she documented over the last few years for her book, "Brilliant, Cocky, Crazy: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos." In her talk, Sarah said that the greatest barrier to innovation is making … read more
May 13, 2011 by Willis Jackson
Omaha Sarah Lacy is a senior editor at TechCrunch, the world's largest blog on tech entrepreneurship, and the author of the critically acclaimed "Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good." After more than a decade covering business in Silicon Valley, Lacy decided to follow the flow of capital into the developing world. She bootstrapped a two-year, 40-week journey looking for the best entrepreneurs Silicon Valley had never heard of. The result … read more
May 11, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Haven't had time to do your homework 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 Thursday morning. … read more
November 30, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha (Left: Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch interviews David Hornik of August Capital.) After reading a post by our friends at Silicon Florist looking at the same issue in Portland – "How does Portland become more attractive for venture capital investment?" – it inspired me to ask the same question of the Silicon Prairie community. Silicon Florist founder Rick Turoczy… read more
September 19, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
This week's video features Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist and principal of New York-based Union Square Ventures, answering questions during the "Ask a VC" series moderated by Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch. Enjoy this brief clip and be sure to follow Wilson on Twitter, @fredwilson, and his blog, avc.com, for his outstanding take on the venture capital… read more
January 15, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Mentioned this week: filming on location at last night's Site Launch Party at LIV Lounge; contributors join us on camera: Adam Templeton, Geoff Wood, John T. Meyer and Aaron Onken; late night programming; Jon Firmature of LIV Lounge; more features coming on new site; and Silicon Prairie News T-shirts have arrived... read more
Omaha Big Omaha 2009, photo by Malone & Co. A few weeks ago, I wrote a post outlining my thoughts about the "culture of risk" in the Midwest region and how it was starting to make a change for ... read more
Omaha Yesterday, Gabe Kangas (@gabek) officially gave notice that he's leaving his job and will be pursuing other opportunities. For a bit of context, its probably worth reading his entire writeup on his blog. Normally, this wouldn't be ... read more