Send you knew, some you met with through the board of directors. You know, basically, basically we, we go to to let’s sit down, sit down with pad and pencil and, and put together a hit list. And the hit list basically included, you know, everybody in Omaha, Nebraska, that… Read More
Originally we call it the Omaha 11. It’s expanded out some since then. It’s more than 11 big guys, but you know, initially it was the Omaha 11, you know, which included guys like Mutual of Omaha. Read More
How’d you identify the major fundraisers for these projects?… Read More
is it because you knew them?… Read More
They came to you?… Read More
And the third one’s easier than the second one once you’ve done that. Read More
So you would say those are your major strengths in that area?… Read More
I think so, yeah. hat we, that we, that we were able to number one, get somebody to visualize and buy onto the project because they can see what we’re doing. And because we’ve got a reputation for bringing projects in on time and under budget. Read More
And then, and then it was later on after a while, he’d just say, oh, all right, we don’t need to go to lunch. Just tell me how much do you need. You know, and that’s, you know, that’s a, that’s a, that’s a credibility and a trust that you… Read More
So you really need to take in something that you can, so that they understand. You know, and we’ve actually, we’ve actually resorted to, not resorted to, what we’ve actually evolved into being able to do computer animations with, with AutoCAD and, and Studio Max, you know, which is an… Read More
And so with a track record like that, pretty soon you get, you get credibility, you get a reputation and credibility. So that the next project is easier. Chris Hickson, who was the trustee for the Lied Jungle when we did the Lied Jungle. And when we got up to… Read More
End of discussion. She sat down. (chuckling) But that’s kind of, you know, you can’t buy that kind of credibility. You gotta earn it. It’s gotta be, and we brought, we’d never had a project that went over budget. We’ve never had a project that came in, that didn’t come… Read More
It’s Microcebus simmonsi. It’s the largest of the mouse lemurs. That’s why he wants to, help, you know, keep helping the project. Yeah, well, I mean, Ed, Ed, in addition to being a first rate scientist is a fairly good politician. (chuckling) And the fact is there’s several lemurs named… Read More
You had talked about a little, but what’s your philosophy for selling a project?… Read More
Well, first you got to have, you gotta have a product to sell, and you got to have a product that you believe in. I think, you know, it’s kinda like, well, I don’t want to be too, too crass and commercial, but, you know, it’s, if you’re going to… Read More
I think we got 31 or 32 Malagasy graduate students that we’re supporting right now. The first, you know, the, the first geneticist, you know, the first cellular geneticist in, that graduated from the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar, and every one since, have all been Omaha students. So, you… Read More
(laughs) Is there a lemur named after you?… Read More
Yeah, there it is. Read More
What’s the name?… Read More
What did the discovering mean and how did it work to help the Omaha Zoo?… Read More