Ladies Who Launch Brings Together Female Entrepreneurs

Ladies Who Launch is a new group in Lincoln with big goals. According to co-founder Amber Pankonin, the group’s mission is “to build a community among female entrepreneurs in Lincoln and be a resource for women starting businesses or want to support women starting businesses.” Pankonin said she saw a need for such an organization [...]

Software Builders Challenge Scheduled for March 30 in Lincoln

The 2013 Nebraska Software Builders Challenge has been scheduled for this Saturday at Assurity Life Insurance Co. headquarters, 2000 Q St. in Lincoln. Students at any level are invited to form teams of up to four people to participate in the challenge. Teams will be given a real-world business challenge and will compete for cash [...]

Entrepreneurial UNL Startup Weekend is March 8-10

Developers, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts are invited to collaborate in UNL Startup Weekend, March 8-10 in Avery Hall. Through hands-on workshops, participants will learn to put entrepreneurial ideas into action. Other topics include: transforming ideas into viable business models, creating a business model canvas to understand all the parts of your business [...]

Intersect conference for Nebraska entrepreneurs coming April 12

On April 12, ties and T-shirts will come together for Intersect, a hands-on event for people who love startups. Attendees can “intersect” with future big ideas and passionate people sharing their experiences starting and growing businesses. In addition to a stellar lineup of speakers and sessions, Intersect will highlight entrepreneurs and experts in a Startup [...]

FUSE Coworking Poised to Ignite Lincoln’s Startup Community

In cities with successful entrepreneurial communities, the “co-working” concept of solo entrepreneurs, independent contractors, telecommuters and other professionals working in a shared office environment has become a hot trend. In Lincoln, however, co-working hasn’t gained a foothold, despite the Capital City’s burgeoning startup scene. Three Lincoln businessmen are poised to ignite a change. Matt Westenburg, [...]

Health Care Connect, a competition for Nebraska entrepreneurs

DEADLINE December 15! Register now. Designers, developers and entrepreneurs create products and solutions every day. But often the solution is found and then the creator goes in search of the problem. Great products emerge, but the process is backward. The largest private industry in Lincoln is changing that. The city’s health care industry is fostering [...]

Pipeline Fellowship Applications Due Today

Application Deadline – Midnight, Oct. 29, 2012 Starting your own business is quite a task. You must build a financial base, select employees and develop a long-standing business platform. Pipeline helps innovators complete all these objectives and more. It’s a year-long entrepreneurial fellowship program in Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri. “We’re looking for entrepreneurs that are [...]

UNeMed to Host Research Commercialization Introductory Course

UNeMed Corp., the technology transfer leader for the University of Nebraska Medical Center, will once again sponsor a free webinar series for all researchers, post-docs and graduate students every Wednesday from Sept. 19 through Nov. 14 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. UNeMed first hosted the series, presented by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer, [...]

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. [...]

One-of-a-kind Opportunity for Lincoln Students

Junior Achievement of Lincoln is looking for the area’s most motivated students. Driven Youth Invitational (DYI) is a seven-week intensive program that gives students the knowledge and insight they need to compete in a changing economy. Each week, they’ll interact with and be mentored by some of Lincoln’s top entrepreneurs — and along the way, [...]

Startup Week kicks off in Lincoln

Lincoln’s entrepreneurs will get advice, opportunities and inspiration next week at a number of Lincoln Startup Week events. Plans for the week originated when Matt Sherman, co-founder and president of Three Pillars Media, sent an email to local business professionals, looking for a way to expand Lincoln’s startup community. “We have a ton of new [...]

Inagural Startup Weekend Lincoln to Debut September 7-9

Lincoln leaders and entrepreneurs will get a chance to shine at Startup Weekend Lincoln, beginning Sept. 7. With more than 400 past events in 100 countries last year, Startup Weekend has established itself as a successful global event, aimed at teaching entrepreneurs startup basics. Lead coordinator Amanda Thonen said she’s been discussing the idea of a Lincoln Startup [...]

Lights, Camera, Pitch! Nebraska Youth Pitch Their Business IDEAs for a Chance to Win Top Prize

Last in a three part series on the MarketPlace Conference. Part of the BIZ IDEA Summit included a video competition open to middle school through high school-aged students hoping to showcase their entrepreneurial skills. Students were asked to submit videos in two categories: personal business (outside of school/community), school-based business or community/organizational youth-led business. The young entrepreneurs [...]

Video: Embracing the Mighty Bootstrap

Mark Carson started Fat Brain Toys out of the garage of his house based on the curiosity of his son. They now have 45 full time employees and up to 250 employees during the holiday season. Below the video you will find several of the key things that Mark talks about. This talk was given [...]

MindMixer CEO Talks Startup Success

Three years ago, Nick Bowden co-founded a community planning and landscape architecture firm based on citizen involvement in the design and planning process. But he met a roadblock with the “citizen-source” approach. Public community planning meetings were poorly attended and inefficient, often costing several thousand dollars in taxpayer money. Then came the idea for MindMixer. [...]

Young and Business Savvy: Nebraska Youth Attend an Entrepreneur Day in Kearney

Second in a three part series on the MarketPlace Conference. Watch for the last one coming soon. The MarketPlace Conference, assembled by the Center for Rural Affairs, is a daylong event targeting rural and small business owners and entrepreneurs. Previously, the event included a youth track geared toward middle school and high school-aged business-minded young men [...]

Video: Courageous Curiosity: Transcending Conventional Wisdom

Philanthropist Doug Burgum discussed the pursuit of successful entrepreneurship and innovation in this April 20 session organized by the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management. Burgum’s presentation is titled, “Courageous Curiosity: Transcending Conventional Wisdom.” Burgum, entrepreneur and philanthropist, has served as an investor and board member of SuccessFactors, a cloud-based leader in [...]

Self-Taught Programmers Nab First Place at Software Challenge

Two teenage self-taught computer programmers split a $1,000 prize as they took first place in the first annual Nebraska Software Builder’s Challenge, held March 31 at Lincoln’s Technology Development Center. Cousins Timothy Miller, 17, and David Dovel,18, were challenged to create an application for an Omaha fencing company that would allow customers to estimate the [...]

Fat Brain Toys co-founder to be a keynote speaker at Infotec

One keynote speaker at the upcoming Infotec conference in Omaha is Mark Carson. The co-founder of Omaha-based toy company Fat Brain Toys will share his experience with “embracing the mighty bootstrap.” “It will be part technical, part entrepreneurial, but 100 percent applicable to all attendees,” Carson said. “The core focus of the presentation will be [...]

UNL Law Professor to Present During Crowdfunding Webinar

An upcoming webinar, “Crowdfunding, Small Business and the Federal Securities Laws,” will address the legalities of online crowdfunding and the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act signed by President Obama on April 5. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s C. Steven Bradford will present during the April 18 event. Bradford is the Earl Dunlap Distinguished Professor of Law at [...]

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