April 2, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Mentioned this week: * Filming on location outside our offices at 5018 Leavenworth Street * The Big Omaha charity: water Campaign * KANEKO panel discusses how social media is reshaping our minds – big thanks to Robert Murphy for the writeup! * Silicon Prairie News summer internship * Free State Social taking place in Lawrence April 29-30 – look for the… read more
March 29, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha As you may have heard, Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water, is one of this year's speakers at Big Omaha. charity: water is a non-profit bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations. I've been following Scott and his team's work for some time now and have been unbelievably impressed at what they've accomplished in a few short years. Through their efforts, they have provided… read more
March 28, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Keeping in line with weekly links to startup-related posts that we find interesting, each Sunday we'll be sharing a video with solid content that we found while scouring the web for entrepreneurial and innovative inspiration. This week's video features Bobby Chang, founder and CEO of Incase. Employing 70 people in the U.S., Incase produces carrying cases for a range… read more
March 26, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Mentioned this week * Filming on location at KANEKO, the venue of Big Omaha 2010 * Startup Weekend Omaha * Joe Olsen interview with Stephanie Healy and Mike McCarthy * Congrats to Ben Schaechter for accepting a position at TechCrunch * Big Omaha update – tickets now on sale! read more
March 24, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Mike McCarthy is the founder of McCarthy Capital, an Omaha-based private equity firm. Prior to the 2010 Young Professionals Summit, Joe Olsen of Phenomblue sat down with Mike to talk about business skills, entrepreneurship… read more
March 24, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Sunday night, after a long weekend of pitching, hacking, designing and loitering at What Cheer, GiftBright.com was selected as the winner of the first Startup Weekend Omaha… read more
March 23, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Stephanie Healy is the founder and former CEO of Vente, an online direct marketing company she sold to Experian in 2005. Stephanie is currently running Doc's Choice Pet Food, a business she purchased after the buyout. Prior to the 2010 Young Professionals Summit, Joe Olsen of Phenomblue sat down with Stephanie to talk about business skills… read more
March 21, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha Starting at 6pm CDT, Silicon Prairie News will be live-streaming the final presentations from Startup Weekend Omaha... read more
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