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2024 Business Hall Of Fame Inductees – Lance M. Fritz
Lance M. FritzLance M. Fritz served as Union Pacific's chairman, president, and chief executive officer from 2015 until his retirement in 2023, culminating a distinguished 23-year career with the railroad. Today, he continues to contribute to the company as a special...
We’re #OffuttProud. Are you?
We recognize Offutt Air Force Base plays a pivotal role in our community and the defense of our nation. Last month we launched our Offutt Awareness Campaign, a grassroots effort aimed at informing the public about the value of the base and creating a sense of pride...
October Small Business of the Month Winner: Contemporary Analysis
Contemporary Analysis (CAN), our October Small Business of the Month, specializes in predictive analytics. Before you ask Google to define that, here’s the simple explanation: The CAN team, including president Nathan Watson and a crew of data scientists, helps...
3 Reasons Why You Should Host a Chamber Event!
Gain visibility. Showcase your products. Grow your network. Partnering with us as an event host is a great way to introduce or re-introduce your company to potential customers and vendors. We’ll bring as many as 100+ area professionals to your location. Our event...
Retreat Accelerates Class 40 Leadership Omaha Experience
They came. They saw. They connected. And that’s going to translate into bigger impact for the Greater Omaha community. Members of Leadership Omaha’s milestone Class 40 accelerated their LO experience last month with a three-day, two-night opening retreat at Camp Carol...
Greater Omaha 2040 – Collaboratively Inspired.
Economic Outlook Luncheon Tuesday, Nov. 14 11:45 a.m. – 1 p.m. Pockets of poverty. Gone. Tech innovation. Thriving. Talent and investment. Pouring in. Join us as we power into tomorrow and explore our preferred future – Greater Omaha 2040. A future inspired by our...
“Welcome to the Prairie” Campaign Brings Home the Hardware – Thanks, Silicon Valley.
Creative, fun and now, award-winning. Our “Welcome to the Prairie” campaign developed to bring awareness to our tech and startup scene – our Silicon Prairie – was recently honored by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) with a Silver Excellence in...
Why I moved from the Silicon Valley to the Silicon Prairie
Emerging Tech Corner - Kimberly Perkins, co-founder of memosnag I went from doing business in places like Dubai to doing business at 19th & Harney – and it was a choice I am grateful for. My husband, Lorenzo, and I moved our family to Omaha from the bay area at...
Six Causes of Corporate Stupidity
Guest blog from Dr. Kim Hoogeveen, MindSet, LLC When it comes to leading humans, companies can do some stupid things. I don’t mean arguably wrong decisions – no, I mean flat-out stupid things. A true example: an employee takes a three day leave to attend to her sick...
Leave with your bucket full!
Our dynamic speakers for Make / Leadership / Happen are creating quite the line-up. From breakout sessions focused on leadership in the corporate world to the government sector and harnessing the power of our Leadership Omaha Alumni it’s going to be the break away you...
Connecting Engineering Students with Opportunities
Showcasing Greater Omaha as a career destination for tomorrow’s engineers – that’s a key goal of E-Day, a daylong engagement for aspiring students sponsored by the Greater Omaha Chamber and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering. More than 400...