Successful Entrepreneurship Program Returning in September

An entrepreneurship program that has gone on for the past six semesters is returning to Central Community College in Hastings and Grand Island on Sept. 11. The program, created by Lisa Tschauner, business occupations instructor and entrepreneurship coordinator, includes 10 sessions that teach students the steps they need to take to plan and start their own business. [...]

Business Incubator Launches in Scottsbluff

An entrepreneurial renaissance is taking shape across Western Nebraska and rural communities stand to reap the economic benefits. On Feb. 22, Western Nebraska Community College unveiled a business incubator program at its John N. Harms Advanced Technology Center. The program will facilitate economic development in the Panhandle by helping entrepreneurs break down traditional barriers to [...]

2012 Student Quick Pitch Competition is Feb. 23

Deadline for application is February 9th On Feb. 23, high school and college students throughout Nebraska will be given a unique opportunity. The Student Quick Pitch Competition allows students to showcase their entrepreneurial, communication and presentation skills. Students will present a “quick pitch” business proposal, to be judged by a panel of entrepreneurs from across [...]

$5,000 Awarded to Students with Big Ideas

Students representing Nebraska high schools, area colleges and universities had three minutes to pitch their idea for a new business. The second annual 3-2-1 Quick Pitch Competition was held on Wednesday at Memorial Stadium in the Club Level Concourse. “This year we had over 50 competitors from all over Nebraska.  We’ve had a good diversity of [...]

Metro’s Booming Entrepreneurship Program Educates Small Business Owners

Michela Wipf’s passion for photography wasn’t translating into money. The stay-at-home mom had turned an old dining room in her Weeping Water, Nebraska, home into a photo studio. To create a thriving home-based business, her plan was to shoot photos at home as well as at local scenic spots and other nearby towns east of [...]

Central Nebraskan incubator creates jobs, helps establish entrepreneurs

Renting or buying an office space for a new business can put a business under before it even gets started. For nearly 20 years, Central Community College has been providing a service to visionary entrepreneurs by helping with the most basic essentials such as finding rental space, office supplies and networking. Located in the heart [...]

NCTA Entrepreneurship Programs Reach Adult Students, Main Streets

In a previous post, Nebraska Entrepreneur looked at two Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture – Curtis (NCTA) programs that help young people establish businesses in rural Nebraska: the 100 Beef Cow Ownership Advantage Program and the 100 Acre Advantage Program. In this post, Nebraska Entrepreneur reports on two additional NCTA programs that teach the “art of [...]

SCC Entrepreneurship Center Incubator Opens More Space

The Southeast Community College (SCC) Entrepreneurship Center incubator program in Lincoln opened additional business incubator space May 1, 2010. Tim Mittan, the center’s director, said expanding the incubator office space within Southeast Community College’s building at 285 S. 68th Street Place will enable the incubator to add four new tenants to its current 13. The [...]

Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Teaches Rural Entrepreneurship

The University of Nebraska’s Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture  - Curtis (NCTA) wants young people to make their living in rural Nebraska and offers unique programs to help them succeed. “We teach entrepreneurship across our entire curriculum,” said Weldon Sleight, Ph.D., dean of NCTA. Entrepreneurial skills can help rural residents to establish and maintain both agricultural [...]

2010 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship Fosters Idea Sharing and Networking

Interest among young Nebraskans in starting a business is high. According to a book published by Gallup, more than half of Nebraskan college-age students want to start their own business. However, research revealed gaps in the education, training, skills, resources and general support entrepreneurs need to successfully launch businesses. The annual Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship [...]

Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship Helps Students Navigate Troubled Job Market

The most successful entrepreneurs are those who’ve been able to visualize opportunity where others see nothing at all. That propensity for pulling ideas out of thin air is indispensable in an ailing economy, where employment is increasingly hard to come by. In today’s rocky professional landscape, it’s safe to say a fair share of available jobs are those that don’t [...]