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27 Entrepreneurs Share Tips on Building an Ecommerce Business

Hearpreneur

I also suggest protecting your brand by trademarking your business name, ensuring it's uniquely yours. These days, we have a strong e-commerce presence – focusing heavily on digital marketing and user experience, providing deals and promotions throughout the year on the Omaha Steaks website. Thanks to Todd Simon, Omaha Steaks ! #9-

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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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20 Coolest iPad Ideas For Your Library

YoungUpstarts

Once mocked by techies for being both frivolous and having a silly name, the device has since become nearly ubiquitous in coffee shops, schools, airports and businesses across the nation. The Omaha Public Library recently applied for, and received, a grant that let them purchase six iPads. Staff training and orientation.

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5 Famous Introverted Leaders And What You Can Learn From Them

crowdSPRING Blog

Our schools, workplaces, and religious institutions are designed for extroverts. Known as the “Oracle of Omaha,” Buffett is one of the world’s richest men and a respected financial leader. We looked closely at 5 highly successful introverted leaders, seeking lessons and actionable advice that you can implement today.

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The Ultimate Office for Athletes and People Seeking a Healthier Lifestyle

David Teten

We think there’s a way to design office work so that physical fitness is integrated throughout your day. A small number of offices across the country have slowly begun to endorse the idea of exercising while doing a white collar job (not before or after), e.g., walking on a treadmill while doing your job at Mutual of Omaha.

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Reinventing the Office: How to Lose Fat and Increase Productivity at Work

David Teten

I’ve attached below my original, much more detailed blog post about the details of how we’ve designed our office to help people stay healthy and be as productive as possible. My colleagues at ff Venture Capital and I designed our office to make working a workout — a (partial) substitute for visiting a gym.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

Obvious examples include SxSW in Austin or Big Omaha in, well, I’ll let you guess. Cincinnati has had the accelerator The Brandery for several years, which caters to the great strengths of design and brand management that are dominant in this city. In some way your local community needs a megaphone and messaging.