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$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 [...]

’3-2-1 Quick Pitch Competition’ is Feb. 23, application deadline Feb. 9

Students are invited to compete in the second annual “3-2-1 Quick Pitch Competition” on Feb. 23 at Memorial Stadium. Applications to participate are now being accepted at the website below. From atop Memorial Stadium’s club level suites, students will have the opportunity to showcase their entrepreneurial, communications and presentation skills through a short “quick pitch” [...]

‘Coolest Night in Innovation’ is April 8

Released on 04/02/2010, at 2:00 AM Office of University Communications University of Nebraska–Lincoln WHEN: Thursday, Apr. 8 WHERE: Embassy Suites Hotel, 1040 P Street [map] Lincoln, Neb., April 2nd, 2010 — Innovation, both nascent and thriving, will be featured at the Coolest Night in Innovation 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 8 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1040 [...]

‘Xpanxion’ in Nebraska competes with global markets

Atlanta, India and Loup City, Neb. That list seems like an unlikely group but thanks to the work of Paul Eurek and Xpanxion Technologies, a major technology business was able to establish a successful local business in the heart of Nebraska. Eurek, the chief executive officer and chairman of Xpanxion, has worked in the technology [...]

10 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make

This coming Tuesday, Jan. 12, Steve Glenn will be speaking about how he got started as an entrepreneur and the lessons he has learned along the way. Join us at Old Chicago on the 12th at 5:30 p.m. for food, networking and a very educational talk. 10 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make from Nebraska Entrepreneur on Vimeo.

2010 Invest Nebraska Venture Competitions Planned

NebraskaEntrepreneur.com talks to Dan Hoffman, executive director of Invest Nebraska, about their Venture Competitions. Invest Nebraska is a nonprofit corporation that advises and invests in entrepreneurial businesses in Nebraska. In future posts we’ll talk with him about other Invest Nebraska activities and opportunities. Q: What are the Venture Competitions you organize? A: Last year we [...]

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 [...]

2011 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship this Friday

The fifth annual Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship will again be one of the premier events hosted in Nebraska during National Entrepreneurship Week (Feb. 19-26, 2011). The Summit on Entrepreneurship is sponsored by the Nebraska Business-Higher Education Forum, The Gallup Organization and the University of Nebraska. The Summit will be hosted at the Embassy Suites Omaha-LaVista [...]

2011 Summit Preview: Joe Olsen of Phenomblue

Joe Olsen managed to take a nontraditional business in Omaha and expand it nationally, garnering the attention of some of the world’s most renowned companies. Olsen is the CEO and Director of Strategy and Innovation for Phenomblue, originally sold visual effects and animation to television studios, movie producers, and ad agencies. Today, Phenomblue is an interactive brand [...]

2011 Summit Preview: Megan Hunt of CAMP Co-working Space

The 2011 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship will feature lecturers, panel discussions and question and answer sessions from various experts on the climate of entrepreneurship in Nebraska. Among the speakers will be Megan Hunt of CAMP Co-Working Space. Hunt created CAMP, Omaha’s first creative co-working space. Since CAMP started in June 2010, the site has seen [...]

4H EntrepreneurShip Investigation educates youth about small businesses and ideas

Whether it’s an interest in rockets, robots or agriculture, ideas no matter how abstract or simple are the fundamental basis for starting a business. The 4H Entrepreneurship Investigation was designed to educate the youth about making ideas into a successful business. About six years ago, Patricia Fairchild,  professor at the University of Nebraska and the [...]

A Fine Time For Nebraska Wine

[This is part of a series of articles  focusing on one of Nebraska's key entrepreneurial areas: the food industry. Check back frequently as we explore local food producers, restaurants and the growers.] Wine-making predates Western civilization by 4,000 years or more. But as old as it is, it’s still offering new opportunities for entrepreneurs in Nebraska. [...]

A Look Inside the Nebraska 2011 East 2 West Venture Competition

This post is from guest contributor Wade Sikkink:  After spending the first part of my professional life inside huge organizations (US Navy, Fortune 500 companies) I became interested in startups and entrepreneurship. I started dabbling in side business ventures while reading more and more about startups and the startup scene.  I’ve been involved in several [...]

ABC News features Nebraska Entrepreneur resource GROW Nebraska

ABC’s News Article “Rural Enterprise on the Rise” highlights GROW Nebraska and how beneficial membership can be for small businesses within the state. The article also showcases Katrina Frey of Heavenly Creations and John Marquis of Ogallala Bay Rum as each explains how GROW has helped take their business to the next level. Check out [...]

Abe Oommen – Genomics and the GeneSeek Experience

2011 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship Genomics and the GeneSeek Experience Abe Oommen, General Manager, Neogen Corporation/GeneSeek Review of the growth and development of GeneSeek as a true Nebraska entity will be presented. Experiences with startup, fund raising, creating a management culture and tying it all up to an exit strategy should be of interest to [...]

Adventures in Data: SectorNow’s Evelyn Bartlett Brings California Data Know-How to Nebraska

There was a time when SectorNow‘s Evelyn Bartlett vowed she would never again live in Nebraska. “I grew up in Waverly,” Bartlett said. “I went to UNL and just basically bolted.” After graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she briefly touched down in San Diego before settling in Los Angeles. There, the small-town girl with big-city [...]

Advice for Nebraskan family businesses successful at UNL

As the Baby Boom generation continues retiring from years of working, their predecessors are beginning to fill the gaps left behind. Those inheriting a business may not know to effectively keep their family business moving forward after the previous generation. Dave Specht took on the challenge of providing consultation and guidance for family businesses.  His [...]

Agile Sports and Stephanie Healy talk about growth

2011 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship How to rapidly grow a Nebraska startup – unlimited vacation and Jets tickets Brian Kaiser, CTO, Agile Sports Technologies In four years, Agile Sports has grown from its three founders to 30 employees and from one devoted customer (the University of Nebraska Husker football team) to 2500 teams in 48 [...]

Agriculture Innovation with Mark Gustafson

Nebraska Entrepreneur sat down with Mark Gustafson to talk about agricultural innovation in Nebraska and the University of Nebraska’s role in that. Mark Gustafson is 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 [...]

AIM Institute expands to Lincoln, opens office at University of Nebraska Technology Park

News Release Lincoln, Neb.—March 23, 2010—The AIM Institute of Omaha, a nonprofit membership organization providing information technology leadership to Nebraska and the region, announced it has expanded its outreach abilities by opening an office in Lincoln at the University of Nebraska Technology Park. The organization has had a strong presence in Omaha since its founding [...]

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