Caleb Pollard and the Impact Entrepreneurship Has On Economic Development
There are many ways for communities to pursue economic development, but entrepreneurship pure and simple, has been the driving force behind growth in Valley County. Caleb Pollard, Executive Director of Valley County Economic Development, goes through the results they've seen and the impact it has had on the community.
Big Omaha acting as conduit for Midwest’s entrepreneurial energies
Sometimes, bigger is better. At least, that's the philosophy the Silicon Prairie News staff -- the organizers of this year's Big Omaha event -- are adhering to. Held in the KANEKO space of Omaha's Old Market, this year's gathering of entrepreneurs, innovators and creatives appears poised to outdo last year's inaugural event in every way, boasting more speakers, more attendees and more enthusiasm than ever before. "Last year was our first year putting on Big Omaha," said SPN co-founder Dusty Davidson. "We like to see the event as an extension of what we do with Silicon Prairie News, trying to get ...
Kid Command’s Virtual World Inspiring Kids to Save Real One
As much clout as baseball boasts within the American zeitgeist, it can be argued rather persuasively that video games have supplanted the national pastime in the minds of modern kids. With some 97 percent of kids playing video games, it's no wonder Collin Caneva saw the medium's potential for educating children about real world problems. Along with a slew of other partners, the CEO of Green Bein' Productions launched Kid Command, a massively-multiplayer online world with a positive ecological message. "We wanted to give kids an online experience, instead of just having them play games to earn money to buy virtual ...
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Medizzle offers unique twist on social media portal
For creators of new social media portals, the immense popularity of Web 2.0 giants such as Facebook and Twitter is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, each site’s success paves the way for subsequent...
Read more of this articleJuly 26, 2010
SchillingBridge: Small town living goes hand-in-hand with entrepreneurship
Throughout their 25 years as small business owners, Mike and Sharon Schilling have whittled entrepreneurship down to a science. Since starting a farm supply company back in 1985, they’ve also created...
Read more of this articleJuly 23, 2010
NxBizSuccess reaching out to entrepreneurs via portal, podcasts
As social media becomes more prevalent and newer, bolder ways of distributing facts, figures and fictions enter the picture, it seems the paradigm for acquiring and analyzing information shifts on a...
Read more of this articleJuly 22, 2010
Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program takes shape
The Paul F. and Virginia J. Engler Foundation donated $20 million to the University of Nebraska at Lincoln earlier this year in an effort to create a program focused on finding students with entrepreneurial...
Read more of this articleJuly 21, 2010
Coach’s challenge sparks Agile Sports; Raikes School provides tools and experience
A challenge in 2006 from then University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Cornhuskers Head Football Coach Bill Callahan sparked the development of Agile Sports, now a growing startup in Lincoln’s Haymarket. ...
Read more of this articleJuly 20, 2010
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