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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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Feeling Old(er) at Big Omaha

Feld Thoughts

I vividly remember almost losing our largest client at the time because they had taken my partner Dave out for drinks (he is three years older than me) and they somehow pried out of him that I was only 21. I’m at the Big Omaha Conference today for the first time. That generated a lot of anxiety for a week or so.

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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. “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. Wozniak had the self-awareness (another trait introverts commonly excel at ) to realize that he would be well served by partnering with someone who possessed strengths to balance his own weaknesses. Bill Gates.

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Looking Back On Our First Couple Years at NextView

Rob Go

One of the earliest things we did at NextView when my partners and I started working together was go away as a team to the New Hampshire mountains. At the time, I think we didn’t even had a name for the fund. It’s commonly said that the biggest risk facing a new VC firm is disharmony among the partners.

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Committing To Your Niche And Owning Your Market

Duct Tape Marketing

And, and I think that's, I think that's a key part of it, but there's no question once you find that, as you said, you know, you can a Facebook ad campaign for, you know, somebody in Milwaukee is probably gonna be just as good for somebody in Omaha. Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast.

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Finding Your Niche And Scaling Your Agency

Duct Tape Marketing

And, and I think the that's, I think that's a key part of it, but there's no question once you find that, as you said, you know, you can a Facebook ad campaign for, you know, somebody in Milwaukee is probably gonna be just as good for somebody in Omaha. Yeah, yeah. Brent Weaver (04:19): Concept. We ran our business. Scroll back to top.