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Yesterday in the gorgeous Nebraska sunshine, about 300 techies, entrepreneurs, and creatives from all over the country gathered in a large but simple room to learn, listen, and make connections.

The one-day, one-track show was just a hashtag to some and entirely unknown to others; still, the pre-show buzz on Twitter and in various blogs had resonated with freshness, immediacy, and inspiration. A week before it opened, the first-ever BIGOmaha conference was sold out.

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So, did the reality live up to the hype?

Photo by Nick Stankus / nixter.net.

"#bigomaha is Amazing! This is the best Conference I have been to in awhile, the heart and effort of the peeps that put this together = Rad," wrote keynote speaker Gary Vaynerchuk in a tweet Saturday.

In their own words, the speakers' and organizers' enthusiasm about the event is apparent:

Aside from Vaynerchuk, the conference's all-star lineup included luminaries from well-known Read More...