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5 Reasons Investors Should Keep Their Eyes On Omaha, Nebraska

YoungUpstarts

by Mark Hasebroock, Founder and Managing Partner, Dundee Venture Capital. Here’s a word association game: what do you think of when you hear “Omaha, Nebraska”? Omaha is rising in prominence among entrepreneurs and investors, making a name for itself in a more broad and diverse range of industries than in previous years.

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What Boston’s Top Consumer Tech Leaders Think About Boston’s Consumer Tech Struggles [#BostonB2C Recap]

View from Seed

The invite-only event was attended by 300 of the area’s best tech leaders, founders, product managers, designers, developers, investors, engineers, salesmen and women, and more, all of whom are hard at work in consumer tech. We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York.

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Quick Left: An unlikely CEO leads this app development house that’s “a bit like therapy”

The Next Web

In fact, she’s so unlikely to talk about herself or her company that, while sitting with her for dinner during Big Omaha, the subject of Quick Left came up (not from her, mind you) and I said that I really needed to talk to someone from there to find out their story. “It depends on the company.

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5 Famous Introverted Leaders And What You Can Learn From Them

crowdSPRING Blog

Known as the “Oracle of Omaha,” Buffett is one of the world’s richest men and a respected financial leader. Apple Co-founder and introvert Steve Wozniak, like Rowling, understands the value of working alone. And, you’re going to have to interact with your co-workers at some point. Warren Buffett.

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5 Biggest Mistakes in Healthcare Staffing by Susanne Mariga, CPA

Mike Michalowicz

Clients want to pay for no-nonsense service and by offering solutions that make a client most successful, a health care staffing firm will achieve the title of the most valued partner without feeling the pressure of lower margins. Lack of Balance and Diversification … Bill DeVille, CEO & Co-Founder Health Carousel.

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Startups and small biz at SXSW: ideas on how to spend your time at the conference!

crowdSPRING Blog

Presented by John Gruber of Daring Fireball and Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners and The Deck Network. Threadless, 37Signals, FeedBurner, BIG Omaha conference, and SXSW itself are proof that technology life exists away from the coasts. For brands and publishers, tapping into Influence is critical to social media’s future. ([link].