October 13, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha "You know," Gary Vaynerchuk says, "I’ve always known that context — and I didn’t know how to express it — was the whole game, right? For example, you have a feeling towards me right now that is different than you have towards AJ because we engaged together last year, so we created context, right? And now you have a different feeling towards AJ … 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
November 1, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha (Photo by Malone & Company.) Today, we're excited to release the fifth video in our Big Omaha 2010 video series, that of Gary Vaynerchuk, founder of Wine Library TV, New York Times bestselling author of "Crush It!," and co-founder of VaynerMedia. From the very first year that we had the idea for Big Omaha, Gary was the first one to sign on for the event. Not only did he agree to speak, but since then, Gary has been an amazing supporter, friend and asset… read more
October 5, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
(Photo by Adam Copek via Flickr) This past weekend I attended Vaynermedia's Tahoe Tech Talk event at Harrah's Lake Tahoe. The event kicked off with a reception on Thursday evening for the 150 attendees. On Friday, we heard from the eight speakers: Gary Vaynerchuk (host and moderator), Kevin Rose, Chris Sacca, Dave Morin, Travis Kalanick, Ben Kaufman, Dave McClure and… read more
May 14, 2010 by John T. Meyer
Omaha 1:32 p.m. After a great lunch across the street at the Halo Institute people are settling in for the afternoon sessions. Up first will be Matt Mullenweg, founder of Automattic, who will be interviewed by Robert Scoble, blogger, technical evangelist and managing director of building43. Let's get started! | 1:41 Automattic has 60 employees across 49 cities all over the world. Quote of the moment: I'm probably the world's must frustrated WordPress user. read more