Game Development & Starting a Company

Nebraska Entrepreneur recently attended a talk at the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The speaker was Justin Hall and the topic focused on game development and the process of starting a company. Hall started a product called PMOG, later changed to The Nethernet, which focused on making [...]

Entrepreneur Spotlight: Angie Svoboda with Good Life Health Services

Learn how Angie Svoboda has helped lead Good Life Health Services through all the changes in the pharmacy industry. Through changes in insurance and government regulations, they are constantly having to adapt and innovate in their business model. Be ready for change Embrace technology

Innovation Seminar Series 4: Orbiting the Giant Hairball

[Shane Farritor's Innovation Seminar series was filmed live at the NET studios in Lincoln, NE. This series is designed to change the way you think about business and engineering. It is designed to encourage you to work with imagination, to improvise, and to try unconventional approaches.] “Orbiting the Giant Hairball,” on Nov. 3rd, gives entrepreneurs [...]

Innovation Seminar Series 3: Brainstorming and Other Thinkertoys

It all started when Adam Switzer wanted to move back to the family ranch near Burwell, NE. The ranch had supported several families in the 90′s but now could barely support one. In order to make the move possible it meant having to innovate on the business model. Ranching had been the staple of the [...]

Innovation Seminar Series 2: Little Bets

[Shane Farritor's Innovation Seminar series was filmed live at the NET studios in Lincoln, NE. This series is designed to change the way you think about business and engineering. It is designed to encourage you to work with imagination, to improvise, and to try unconventional approaches.] Oct 20 brought “Little Bets,” devoted to understanding how [...]

Innovation Seminar Series 1: We Need Your Gift

[Shane Farritor's Innovation Seminar series was filmed live at the NET studios in Lincoln, NE. This series is designed to change the way you think about business and engineering.  It is designed to encourage you to work with imagination, to improvise, and to try unconventional approaches.] The series kicked off Oct 18, 2011 with “We [...]

Are You Destined to be an Entrepreneur? Interview with Grant Stanley

[Our VIDEA contest in August produced a multitude of entries on entrepreneurs that they felt have good lessons to share. Grant Stanley of Contemporary Analysis was one of those.] Nebraska entrepreneur Grant Stanley recently sat down with us to talk about his experience starting Contemporary Analysis and entrepreneurs in general.    

Long road to production for fashion designer Yolanda Diaz

Most entrepreneurs have amazing stories about how far they’ve come to fulfill their dreams, but how many had to move to a different country, learn another language and be knowledgeable about multi-government regulations on imports and exports? And that’s just some of what Yolanda Diaz has endured to fulfill her 25-year dream of having her own full clothing [...]

Entrepreneur Spotlight: Clay Ramsey of Misko Sports

Clay Ramsey left his corporate job with Cabelas in order to follow his passion of owning his own business as well as the opportunity to move back to his families home town. This is the story of the lessons that Clay learned along that process of buying Misko Sports in Ord, NE and what others [...]

Entrepreneur Spotlight: Guy Lewis of Valley Fire Pottery

Guy Lewis and his family moved back to Ord, NE from Portland, OR to be closer to family.  One difficulty when moving to a smaller community can be that the jobs don’t align with your background.  For Guy, that meant the perfect opportunity to create his own opportunities and start Valley Fire Pottery. The idea [...]

Business Model Innovations – Paul Eurek, Xpanxion

Paul Eurek, chief executive officer and chairman of Xpanxion, was one of three companies that presented on a panel about business model innovations in information technology at the 2011 Nebraska Research and Innovation Conference. Xpanxion’s business model is very unique in that it is not just an offshore outsourcing company, but rather a company that combines offshore [...]

Business Model Innovations – Matthew Wegener, ISoft Data Systems and the Turbine Flats Project

Matthew Wegener, founder, president and chief executive officer of ISoft Data Systems and co-founder and president of the Turbine Flats Project, was one of three companies that presented on a panel about business model innovations in information technology at the 2011 Nebraska Research and Innovation Conference. In college Wegener took a part-time job to pay the [...]

Business Model Innovations – Joe Petsick, Proxibid

Proxibid started in 2003 with the task of taking one of the oldest industries - auctions - and bringing it online. Since 2003 Proxibid has held more than 35,000 auctions live online and increased its staff to just over 100. Proxibid was one of three companies that presented on a panel about business model innovations in information technology at [...]

Nebraska Global and the State of Venture Capital in Nebraska

Patrick Smith, Principle and COO of Nebraska Global brings the good, the bad and the ugly of venture capital in Nebraska.  The amount of venture capital being moved in the state ranks Nebraska as 52nd, even behind DC and Puerto Rico. This presentation was given on September 14th, 2011 at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce [...]

Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program Update

Nebraska Entrepreneur sat down with Mark Gustafson to talk more about the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship program. Mark Gustafson, the founding director of the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program and the Paul Engler Chair of Agribusiness Entrepreneurship of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, has been one of the [...]

Larry Keeley on the importance of continual innovation

Larry Keeley, a leading innovation and strategy consultant, spoke at The Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management. Keeley is a leading innovation and strategy consultant with the Monitor Group, a global management consulting firm that advises the world’s leading corporations and nonprofits on issues of strategy, organization and innovation. Keeley has worked [...]

Taking your recipe from product to profit has never been easier

[This is part of a series of articles over the next month to focus on one of Nebraska's key entrepreneurial areas: the food industry. Check back frequently as we explore local food producers, restaurants, and the growers .] With farmers’ markets blooming and themes of “Go Local” sweeping grocery stores, it is prime time for [...]

Startup lessons and insights from Nebraska Global and Agile Sports founders

On April 27, the Lincoln Young Professionals Group and its Entrepreneurship Committee brought together two local entrepreneurs, one seasoned and one fresh, to talk about their startup experiences. John Wirtz, COO of Agile Sports, is best known for the product Hudl, which is marketed to high schools, universities and professional sports teams to allow coaches and [...]

Raikes School students paired with corporations for real-world education