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5 Reasons Investors Should Keep Their Eyes On Omaha, Nebraska

YoungUpstarts

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. And the staggering fortunes in Omaha aren’t just related to Berkshire Hathaway.

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27 Entrepreneurs Share Tips on Building an Ecommerce Business

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Jonathan Hussey, Developer Connection ! #4- 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. Our developers are becoming more well known.”

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5 Biggest Mistakes in Healthcare Staffing by Susanne Mariga, CPA

Mike Michalowicz

They are unable to hire the best internal staff, they are unable to pay payroll taxes, and they are unable to invest in the development of the company. PK advises that a developing firm should build a strategy of increasing their client prospect pool by calling every reference that was ever received for a nurse.

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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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Students Show The Way For Technology Innovation At Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012

YoungUpstarts

For example, Tu Nguyen, from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, won first prize in the inaugural 2003 competition with a Pocket PC application designed to bridge the language gap between English-speaking waiters and Vietnamese-speaking chefs.

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20 Coolest iPad Ideas For Your Library

YoungUpstarts

Many public and university institutions lead the way with iPad adoption by developing some pretty cool uses for their patrons. The Omaha Public Library recently applied for, and received, a grant that let them purchase six iPads.