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27 Entrepreneurs Share Tips on Building an Ecommerce Business

Hearpreneur

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- And that can make or break your customer retention, especially in the early stages.

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

View from Seed

We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York. “As an early stage investor I focus on whether the founders can build something that delights 100s of millions of people” @bijan #BostonB2C — Andy Cook (@AndyGCook) July 21, 2015. At NextView, we invest across the US.

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Looking Back On Our First Couple Years at NextView

Rob Go

We are increasingly finding that excellent founders are creating remarkable businesses everywhere, and we are first and foremost a stage and sector focused fund. We are still in the relatively early stages of a big deleveraging process for the private sector, coupled with the need to take some giant and painful strides to cut public debt.

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Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

Startup Lessons Learned

Three premier early-stage venture investors have joined forces to sponsor the event: Baseline , Floodgate , and First Round Capital. Three premier early-stage venture investors have joined forces to sponsor the event: Baseline , Floodgate , and First Round Capital.

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The Ultimate Office for Athletes and People Seeking a Healthier Lifestyle

David Teten

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. An additional incentive to remaking the workplace into a healthy, exercise-supportive environment is the cost benefit.

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Can VCs Be Value Investors?

Seeing Both Sides

The latest printing, the sixth edition, contains a foreward from the Oracle of Omaha himself as well as a preface from hedge fund investor Seth Klarman of The Baupost Group , regarded by many to be one of the modern masters in the art of value investing. If a portfolio company goes bad, there is typically barely any salvage value.

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