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 technological innovations, as more and more people realize the impact social media can have on their lives and businesses. But [...]

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 a seed supplier, a fertilizer plant and numerous other businesses, parlaying each previous venture into the next. In 2002, the couple’s entrepreneurship culminated in growing grapes at a nine-acre vineyard near [...]

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 near daily basis.  Although this means more people are able to actively search out the information they seek (we live in a world where “Google” has [...]

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 drive and providing those students with the resources to help educate them in successful agribusiness.
The program is in its infancy but [...]

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.  Callahan wanted to improve how videos of play action are used in training. He also wanted a safer, easier way to get videos to players and [...]

NebraskaEDGE bundles networking, education and growth into single package

While it’s relatively easy to set up a learning environment (often as simple as putting a teacher and at least one interested pupil in the same room), sustaining that educational ambiance proves a much more involved task. While traveling lecturers and keynote conference speakers undoubtedly impart some lasting knowledge to those who hear them, at least a portion of [...]

Allied Strategy sets path for Raikes School startups

While the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) is a gateway to corporate positions for some graduates, others use this honors program education and experience to start them on a different path – launching their own companies.
The startup stories of two Lincoln companies that raised significant outside capital demonstrate the ways the Raikes [...]

NDE encouraging earlier exposure to entrepreneurship

As is the case with reading, writing and even learning a foreign language, the earlier in life we’re exposed to crucial skills, the easier they are to pick up. Entrepreneurial expertise is no different. That’s why Gregg Christensen and others from the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) are seeking to include more entrepreneurial options in the curricula [...]

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 [...]

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 work [...]

CropMetrics provides exclusive services for area farms

Expansive fields of crops are common sites in Nebraska. Behind every field there’s a specific science that focuses on the best way to plant, irrigate and harvest these crops.  Many farmers don’t have the proper equipment to yield the best results. This is where Nick Emanuel and CropMetrics come in.
Emanuel, a native of North Bend, [...]

Deckerton Bringing Word-of-Mouth into 21st Century

Even though advertisers are talented enough at promoting products to earn a livelihood doing so, a slick flash presentation or a clever commercial often cannot quite match a personal endorsement offered by a close friend. It’s that level of trust that Lateef Johnson hopes to nurture between his clients and the individuals to whom they cater. [...]

RockDex earns local and national attention

RockDex, a company in Omaha, lets bands learn how they really rate with fans based on Internet buzz.
Their software application tracks data like band mention and song plays on social media sites and other Internet venues, including Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and music blogs. RockDex compiles, analyzes and presents the data so that musicians, managers, record [...]

Lincoln muscle car shop weathers economic storm and finds national attention

It’s not always possible to make a hobby into a successful and profitable business.  However, one Lincoln businessperson found a way to make a passion for cars into a successful restoration business.
Dave Hall, the owner and operator of Restore a Muscle Car LLC in Lincoln, started out in the computer science field working mostly in [...]

Halo Institute Bridges Gap Between Ideas and Investments

The costs of starting an independent business are sometimes a roadblock for success.  That’s where business incubators step in.  These incubators provide assistance for initial costs and provide a bridge between ideas and investments. The Halo Institute, a relatively new Omaha business incubator, provides area businesses with the resources and guidance to make their ideas [...]

KETV Story about the Small Business Association of the Midlands

One of the most popular components of the Nebraska Entrepreneur web site is the resource section.  A resource listed in that section, the Small Business Association of the Midlands, was recently highlighted by KETV out of Omaha.
OMAHA, Neb. —
A local nonprofit created to help small businesses has seen its ranks grow dramatically in its first [...]

Nebraska web firm “elevating” quality of brand management

The benefits of a powerful brand are obvious. When an unexpected sneeze coats your hands with mucus, chances are you don’t ask someone to hand you a “facial tissue.” You probably ask for a Kleenex. Likewise, a child with a scraped knee will be far more inclined to request a Band-Aid on the wound, rather [...]

Omaha Chamber of Commerce builds connections for starting businesses

Starting a business in Omaha or Lincoln seems like a challenging task when there are numerous national chain stores to compete against.  Many entrepreneurs have a difficult time finding the right resources to establish themselves in a tough market. For some, a chamber of commerce may be the right avenue toward success. Local chambers of [...]

High School Students Learn Real World Skills in Entrepreneurship Focus Program

On a Friday morning in late May, three young people huddle around a laptop, making last-minute tweaks to a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. New, bright blue t-shirts printed with inspirational words and business names rest on a table nearby. Across the room, a large foam board model of Lincoln’s Haymarket displays representations of new businesses including some [...]

Tomac Bicycles Keeps Wheels of Enterprise Churning Nonstop

Tomac Mountain Bikes promises its customers “hardcore, quality products.” When one takes a glance at the company’s inner workings, it’s obvious those same descriptors apply to the man behind the brand, Joel Smith. Here’s a breakdown of a typical workday in his own words:
“We work the sales side of things early in the morning, because we have [...]

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