University of Nebraska names Kiewit, Scott entrepreneurial award winners

University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken today announced the winners of two NU awards honoring extraordinary efforts in entrepreneurship in Nebraska: the Peter Kiewit Student Entrepreneurial Award and the Walter Scott Entrepreneurial Business Award. The Peter Kiewit award recognizes University of Nebraska students who have directed their energies, ideas and talents toward community and [...]

WriteLife Rides Self-Publishing Wave to Quick Success

In recent years, the world of book publishing has been turned on its ear. Internet, software and rapidly changing printing technologies have fueled the rise of book self-publishing, opening the floodgates to writers who can publish their works without the need to have their manuscripts accepted or rejected at the whims of book publishers. Still, [...]

UNL’s Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic opens, gives advice to startups

Nebraska’s start-up businesses are brimming with unique ideas, brilliant entrepreneurs and hard workers. But there’s one thing missing. Brett Stohs, director of the new Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic at the University of Nebraska College of Law, said many entrepreneurs lack important legal resources. With the help of this new clinic, entrepreneurs can receive this access at [...]

Discovering the Product for You with the Help of Bulu Box

After recently completing the San Francisco marathon, University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduates Paul and Stephanie Jarrett developed an idea for a vitamin supplement sampling company. As Paul Jarrett finished the marathon, he was approached from various companies giving away free samples to the runners. “I thought it was pretty interesting that nobody was taking down our [...]

Dusty Davidson on building great teams and processes

Many people dream of working at a job they love. Dusty Davidson made this dream come true by leaving a standard software development job to start his own company. “I wanted to create a place that employees would love to work at every day,” he said. “I also wanted to surround myself with smart and [...]

Video: Social technology will change business forever

Mike Betzer, CEO of Social Dynamx, presented his talk ‘Social Technology Will Change Business Forever’ to students of UNL’s Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management. An experienced executive in contact centers and CRM, Mike drives the overall corporate and product strategy for Social Dynamx as CEO. Mike worked for MCI for 14 [...]

Omaha moms launch Blogglebeans for child-grandparent interaction

The web changes every day. Children are constantly on the move. Blogglebeans, a new interface for grandparents to interact with their grandchildren, capitalizes on the perpetual motion of modern families. Several years ago some friends and colleagues at Ervin and Smith Advertising and Public Relations began observing a trend in their children: It was becoming increasingly [...]

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 [...]

Video: Vestn Builds Startup on Ideas, Raises Seed Funding

Vestn helps individuals develop personal brands and institutions market their outstanding programs. Vestn was founded by Conner Dana, Brian Cary, and Phil Baylog at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The company started out as a way to network students at a school via their interests and skillsets and quickly became a branding solution for both the [...]

SharePlow Founder: ‘Mountain’ of Opportunities for B2B Products

Working in the startup industry since the height of the dot-com era in the early 2000s, Ron Osborne describes his passion for building companies as simply “euphoric.” The founder and president of one of Omaha’s latest tech startups, SharePlow, Osborne has worked with a variety of startups since his first job as a stockbroker and [...]

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. [...]

Chris Miller Wants to Bring New Energy and Resources to Young Entrepreneurs

In 2010, the non-profit group Service Corps of Retired Entrepreneurs, or SCORE, awarded Chris Miller and his business partner Cole Strunkard with an Omaha Entrepreneur of the Year award. The award was given in response to the pair’s innovative property management company, DeltaREP. Now 27, Miller has not only founded a successful property management company, but also expanded operations [...]

Video: Opening Summit Keynote Christian Renaud

Startups – Midwest Style Opening keynote for the 2012 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship was Christian Renaud of Startup City Des Moines and Present.io. Face Reality Rethink Infrastructure Forget Ownership Shut up and Build it  

Video: Startup advice from MindMixer and TELCOR

The first Startup Track at the 2012 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship was a great one. Moderated by Danny Schreiber of Silicon Prairie News, the topic covered the five ways to break in. On the panel was Nick Bowden with software startup MindMixer as well as veteran software  pioneer Jim Terrano with TELCOR. 1. Identifying an [...]

PitchBurner hopes to improve business competitions nationwide

Universities across the country participate in quick pitch and business plan competitions, giving students a chance to share their entrepreneurial ideas. However, many of these competitions have trouble getting organized and often miss the mark on providing solid feedback for those who don’t win the overall event. Ethan Meyer, managing director of PitchBurner, and his [...]

UNL spinout deploys mobile software nationwide

Starting in April, 10,000 police departments will have access to a new mobile software tool for tracking crime in their communities, thanks to technology developed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Red Brain Law Enforcement Services LLC, a new university spinout, will release CrimeView NEARme to allow police officers to access location-based crime data. Over the [...]

Nebraska Global’s Kiene to Give Closing Keynote at Friday’s Summit

Steve Kiene, managing principal at Nebraska Global and a leader in the state’s startup community, has been doing something of a speaking tour lately. In November, he spoke at TEDx Lincoln about creating a software ecosystem in Nebraska. At the end of January, he gave an informal “State of Nebraska” speech in Omaha at the launch event [...]

Entrepreneur Spotlight: Liz Renner with Only10Pounds.com

Michael Ventrella, a contestant on the popular weight loss show “The Biggest Loser,” dropped 264 pounds in one season. Ventralla, along with numerous other contestants, inspired audiences to shed pound after pound with their remarkable transformations. But Liz Renner, owner of Only10Pounds.com, stresses the importance of losing small amounts of weight as well. “’The Biggest [...]

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