View from Seed

JULY 24, 2015

We have companies in Chicago, San Francisco (and elsewhere in Silicon Valley), Omaha, and New York. This is a recap of the more insightful tweets and comments from the event. At NextView, we invest across the US.

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Boston Cofounder B2C PR 120

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 26, 2015

This weekend you can catch up on Halt and Catch Fire , Mr. Robot , or the talk I gave at Big Omaha in May. I had fun at Big Omaha. The post Weekend Video Fun From Big Omaha appeared first on Feld Thoughts. I then go on a riff on Startup Communities and Fundraising, where the phrase “Any rich people around here?

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Omaha Video Community Finance 70

Feld Thoughts

MAY 7, 2015

I’m at the Big Omaha Conference today for the first time. They only food at the party was meaty stuff (other than some creamy artichoke dip) so I went for a walk around the part of downtown Omaha we were at (11th Street-ish) looking for dinner. I learned a little about the scene in Omaha, so that was useful to me.

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Omaha Lean Naming Conversion 70

David Teten

MARCH 12, 2012

A small number of offices across the country have slowly begun to endorse the idea of exercising while doing your office job, e.g., walking on a treadmill while doing your job at Mutual of Omaha. We moved last year from our prior office to take over the 3rd floor of our building in midtown Manhattan, a 5,000 square foot space.

Product 166

Product Portfolio Venture Capital Vesting 166

Mike Michalowicz

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

has received the Best Places to Work In Omaha Award since 2009 and is the recipient of the 2018 Circle of Excellence award. Failing to Understand the Complexities in Regulations of a Multi-State Environment … Scot Thompson, President & CEO, C&A Industries, Inc. C&A Industries, Inc.

CPA 76

CPA Ohio Omaha Reputation 76

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 31, 2014

Here is that quote from the Oracle of Omaha, along with nine others, compiled by InvestingTips360 into an infographic that distills some of his amazing wisdom: [ Infographic credit: InvestingTips360 ]. Words may be cheap, but when it comes from someone as vaunted as Buffett we tend to take them as pearls of wisdom.

Omaha 165

Omaha Developer 165

Rob Go

OCTOBER 14, 2012

Some of our most interesting companies have originated in places like Estonia (GrabCAD), Croatia (Farmeron) and Omaha (SkyVu), although all have either moved or have a significant presence in a major tech hub like SF, Boston, or NY. Founders: Similarly, founders have a vast array of founding stories.

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New Hampshire Croatia Omaha Institutional Investors 50

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Big Omaha. I attended Big Omaha last year and was thrilled with the speakers and attendees I met. Dinner the night before the conference gives each attendee a chance to get to know the other guests in an intimate setting and to discuss how women can continue innovating and advancing in the workplace.

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Omaha San Francisco Entrepreneur New York City 165

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Obvious examples include SxSW in Austin or Big Omaha in, well, I’ll let you guess. This is important because it creates awareness in outside capital and corporations about the good things going on in your town and it also creates the human relationships which are the glue to future business interactions.

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Silicon Valley Kansas City Startup Los Angeles 390

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

After all, he’s not called the Oracle of Omaha for nothing when it comes to investing in companies, so if you’re able to build a business that attracts his attention, you’re probably – and we mean that in the most understated way – on to something.

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Small Business Omaha Equity .Net 190

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 5, 2012

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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Omaha Technology Nebraska United States 140

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 23, 2011

Paul, MN: [link] Montreal, QC: [link] Nashville, TN: [link] New York (Downtown), NY: [link] New York (Midtown), NY: [link] New York (NoHo), NY: [link] New York (SoHo), NY: [link] Omaha, NE: [link] Orlando, FL: [link] Orlando (South Orlando), FL: [link] Phoenix/Chandler, AZ: [link] Portland, OR: [link] Portsmouth, NH: [link] Provo, UT: [link] Redmond, (..)

Czech Republic 167

Czech Republic Costa Rica Brazil Romania 167

adamac.blogspot.com

MARCH 9, 2010

Maybe the CEO got his cousin from Omaha to be their lawyer or theres been some serious messing around with the cap table. A Billion Outstanding Shares Most startups should have fewer than 50 million shares outstanding. If you get an option grant for a million shares and youre employee 25, something is funky.

Technical Review 41

Technical Review CTO Hire Fractional CTO Startup 41

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2011

Streaming Sponsor Africa Cape Town, South Africa: [link] Asia Pune, India: [link] Europe Barcelona, Spain: [link] Brussels, Belgium: [link] Eindhoven, The Netherlands: [link] Göteborg, Sweden: [link] The Hague, The Netherlands: [link] Lisbon, Portugal: [link] London, United Kingdom: [link] Madrid (@TetuanValley), Spain: [link] Madrid (@EOI), Spain: (..)

Czech Republic 112

Czech Republic Brazil South Africa United Kingdom 112

VC Adventure

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Any sizable company would find it easy – as well as advantageous – to move their technology to Seattle or Omaha or Minneapolis to avoid the brain damage of auditing and accounting for and paying the taxes under HB 1192. Moving a manufacturing facility is hard. Moving a technology platform is easy.

Software 48

Software SQL Colorado Fractional CTO 48

Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 23, 2022

And I think it was 1998 and I saw him of 2016 once a year in Omaha. And I said, well, you know, be pretty nice to go get some advice from Warren buffet. And I was able to use some contacts and get in and go see him.

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Cofounder Leadership Networking Programming 99

Growthink Blog

JUNE 3, 2014

Let us not forget that the most famous and lauded investor of them all hails from Omaha. So when results come back that are barely average, we should not be surprised. Now, there are alternatives.

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Omaha Accredited Investor IRR Silicon Valley 91

Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 20, 2011

Here's the latest list: Streaming Sponsor Africa Cape Town, South Africa: [link] Asia Chennai, India: [link] Pune, India: [link] Europe Barcelona, Spain: [link] Belfast, Northern Ireland: [link] Berlin, Germany: [link] Brescia, Italy: [link] Brighton, England, UK: [link] Brussels, Belgium: [link] Bucharest, Romania: [link] Cambridge, UK: [link] Cluj-Napoca, (..)

Czech Republic 114

Czech Republic Costa Rica Brazil Romania 114

David Teten

JULY 6, 2011

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.

Portfolio 166

Portfolio New York Omaha Vermont 166

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

. – as business progressed from my “shop at home”, model, I stepped out in faith- and opened a Hunter Douglas trademark Gallery Store in Lincoln 2005- then a second Gallery Store in Omaha, 2008. . Fast forward to 2020 . We kicked in 2020 with outstanding sales. Our company goal for 2020 was set at $4.1

Balance Sheet 98

Balance Sheet Design Founder Omaha 98

Austin Startup

MAY 5, 2016

It started with Coca-Cola: as a boy, Warren Buffett bought six-packs from his grandfather’s Omaha grocery store for 25 cents, then sold the… Continue reading on Austin Startups ».

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Omaha Austin Startup 48

Hunter Walker

APRIL 17, 2013

Their Big Omaha event is coming up May 8-10 and looks great.]' Because as I found out personally, when the Internet is this fast you do one more search per session, watch one more video per session, send one more email per session. A connected population benefits Google.

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Search Kansas City Omaha Kansas 54

Growthink Blog

JUNE 10, 2010

For example, imagine your target customer was single men aged 40 to 50 living in Omaha, Nebraska living in 2 bedroom apartments who like to watch American Idol. And it’s often times OK to have multiple target customers, but in your marketing efforts you must speak to each individually. Or your efforts will achieve mediocre results at best.

Omaha 54

Omaha Nebraska California Business Plan 54

Seeing Both Sides

OCTOBER 6, 2010

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.

Omaha 35

Omaha Silicon Valley Due Diligence Stock 35

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

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.

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Framework Vertical Hosting Networking 95

Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 25, 2022

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. Yeah, yeah. So like one of my clients, he, he actually does focus on dentist.

Marketing 95

Marketing Framework Vertical SEO 95

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 19, 2017

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. Warren Buffett.

United States 54

United States Cofounder Omaha Portugal 54

Startup Lessons Learned

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Michigan: Detroit Van Buren Minnesota: Minneapolis Missouri: Kirksville Montana: Bozeman Helena Missoula Pablo Nebraska: Lincoln Omaha Nevada: Las Vegas, /usr/lib, 520 Fremont St Las Vegas, CHSI Technologies, 770 Pilot Rd. Boston, Pearson Education, 501 Boylston St.

Puerto Rico 167

Puerto Rico Las Vegas Costa Rica Czech Republic 167

Lightspeed Venture Partners

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

eCreamery is a gourmet icrecream shop in Omaha, trying to expand online to create the category of “online icecream gifting” The company hand makes each batch of personally configured icecream, puts custom labels on each batch and mails them to the recipient.

Pre-Money Valuation 164

Pre-Money Valuation Post-Money Valuation Valuation Dilution 164

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 11, 2011

Tom from Omaha, Nebraska, shared an update about what is going on in that part of the world, as did other audience members from New York City, Israel, and Columbus, Ohio. Announce one or two $100,000 prizes that only those entrepreneurs who have gone through and completed at least 60 hours of 1M/1M curriculum would be eligible for.

Silicon Valley 105

Silicon Valley Columbus Ohio Incubator 105

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 28, 2016

But even if you’re running a startup out of your basement in Omaha, this is a situation to which you should pay attention. Unless you actually live in Europe, this might not seem immediately alarming — concerning, perhaps, but a world away.

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Omaha Ireland Lean Russia 56

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 18, 2012

Big Omaha 2012 – 4 years in, it’s still the best conference you’ve never attended – [link]. The Coming Meltdown in College Education & Why The Economy Won’t Get Better Any Time Soon – [link]. HOLD EVERYTHING. I may have found the best advert EVER – [link]. Robert Downey Jr.’s What killed men’s hats?

Social Media 94

Social Media Small Business Design Media 94

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 1, 2010

Threadless, 37Signals, FeedBurner, BIG Omaha conference, and SXSW itself are proof that technology life exists away from the coasts. These less-than-obvious locales are becoming hotbeds of innovation and attracting talent and capital. Live music, Tex-Mex, Margaritas. Streamed live on video.pbs.org/sxsw (Free shuttles at the Hilton).

Omaha 79

Omaha Silicon Valley Technical Review Social Media 79

Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

Africa Cape Town, South Africa [link] Asia Tokyo, Japan [link] Europe Barcelona, Spain [link] Birmingham, UK [link] Bucharest, Romania [link] Budapest, Hungary [link] Cambridge, UK [link] Copenhagen, Denmark [link] Delft, Netherlands [link] Edinburgh, Scotland [link] Gothenburg, Sweden [link] London, UK [link] Madrid, Spain [link] Munich, Germany [link] (..)

San Francisco 107

San Francisco Romania Cleveland South Africa 107

Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Brandy Burch (21:23): It really was founded in Omaha by Zach Harris, the CEO. I'm curious, is there any reason that Kansas City is a good place for benefit Bay two b? Was it started there for a reason or that just happened to be where the players were? There aren't as many companies in Kansas City allowing the flexibility of working remote.

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Kansas City Employee Kansas Part-Time VPE 77

Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 29, 2017

It’s time for us – our American tech and startup community from places like Boulder, Boise, Chattanooga, Omaha, and Anchorage – to stand up and call for the White House to change course. I stand with tech leaders, like Reed Hastings and Drew Houston, in calling these restrictions unAmerican and immoral. This is not ok.

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Omaha Australia Houston Canada 70