Silicon Prairie News Gives Opportunity to Midwest Creatives

If you think the only things to come out of Nebraska are Warren Buffet, football players and corn, you would be sadly mistaken. To make sure you know of the creative energy that exists in the Midwest, Jeff Slobotski founded Silicon Prairie News in July of 2008.

“The goal of Silicon Prairie is to highlight Omaha, and the region’s, creative class,” Slobotski says. “We want to showcase the innovators, entrepreneurs, artists and musicians that make this area great. The creative class is broad.”

 

 Jeff Slobotski founder of Silicon Prairie News [16:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Beals on Wheels

Guess what folks, the tried and true methods and tactics of being popular in high school, still rings true in the adult world. It’s just called by a different name: self marketing.
“The more well known you are, the more likely people are going to listen to your pitch,” Jeff Beals, author of Self Marketing […]

 

 Jeff Beals Author of Self Marketing Power [17:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Day Two: Omaha’s On the Map

If you’ve picked up the NY Times, Wall Street Journal or the Washington Post recently, you might have read of the great migration to the “Silicon Prairie.”

You’ve likely heard of PayPal and TD Ameritrade, but you might not know Solutionary, Netshops, or Phenomblue. Now the area is waiting to welcome Google and Novozymes. And don’t think we forgot how the Grande Dame, Mutual of Omaha, is reinventing themselves…and, their neighborhood.

Is Your Company “Traveling 33 RPM in an iPod World?”

This is an “in your face” reminder to some of the more sleepy markets, cultures, managers and companies that we run across. It is also a wake-up call to many major corporations. An obvious comparison to aging marketing practices and stagnant product portfolios, with direct ties to decaying bottom-line growth and profits.

This is also a commentary on aging cultures and organizational structures. Are your employees actively engaged? Is your company awake or asleep?

May 8th Show

One of the best pieces of advice anyone ever received is, “Follow you passion, and the money will take care of itself.” Does that include the “starving artists” out there. We’ll visit with some of them to see how they’re making their way in their own version of the “Art of the Deal.”

Heart of the Matter
Thursday at 9 am

Thomas Hutton
Argenesys

Heart of the Matter
Thursday at 9 am

Thomas Hutton
Argenesys

 

 Thomas Hutton [11:43m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

 

 Jeremy Milo from Google Apps & Darryl Shippy from Truck Movers [14:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

 

 Bill Samuels, Jr [13:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

 

 Barclay Martin [27:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

 

 Doug Bates [11:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

 

 Scott Sigler [8:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

Google Live

Folks from Google made a stop in KC today to celebrate Small Biz Week. They hosted events in four “entrepreneurial cities” across the US including Washington DC, Charlotte, NC and Phoenix. They commandeered the outdoor living room at KC Live and served the requisite Barbeque…from a chain.

 

 Jeremy Milo of Google; Darryl Shippy of TruckMovers.com [14:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

 

 Jon Crawford of Scout Interactive [4:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup