Omaha If you've been following our Big Omaha 2012 Video Series, you've seen the solo performances given by Yael Cohen of F Cancer, Ben Lerer of Thrillist, Jim McKelvey of Square and Philip Rosedale of Coffee & Power on May 10 at Big Omaha 2012. Now, we bring you an encore performance featuring that entire quartet. The four founders took the stage together to close the opening day of this year's conference, riffing on a wide array of questions …  read more

Omaha Yael Cohen was floored three years ago when her mother was diagnosed with cancer, but it didn't take Cohen long to stand up and start fighting. "I'm not a researcher, so I can't contribute scientifically to the race for the cure," Cohen said on May 10 during her talk at Big Omaha 2012. "And I'm really f---ing impatient. I wanted to do something where I could see my impact and I could use the skills I had." So Cohen started what today has grown into F--- Cancer … read more

We're thrilled to see Fast Company's "100 Most Creative People in Business" list released on Monday. This year's list features four faces familiar to the Silicon Prairie community as introduced to us through Big Omaha and Thinc Iowa over the last year. … read more

Omaha Yael Cohen is on a mission to F--- Cancer, and based on this afternoon's talk at KANEKO during the first day of Big Omaha 2012, she'll be tough to stop. Cohen is the founder and president of F--- Cancer, a movement that is working to make a real impact in the fight against cancer. F--- Cancer was founded in 2010 and strives to activate Generation Y to engage with their parents about early detection and teach supporters how to look for cancer … 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