SkyVu Entertainment co-founder Ben Vu found inspiration in iPhone

How did an animation studio specializing in mobile games land in the Omaha area? One might say it started with an iPhone. “I saw the possibility of telling stories through the device,” Ben Vu said. In 2008, Vu bought an iPhone and soon found that he spent more time using it than he did watching [...]

Video: Establishing and leveraging advisory boards

The second breakout in the Succession and Re-invention track at the 2012 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship was focused on establishing and leveraging advisory boards within your business. This topic comes up often and especially in family businesses. The panelists included Todd Duncan, Duncan Aviation and Jan Labenz, Labenz & Associates, LLC. To learn more about [...]

2012 Nebraska Software Builders Challenge offers $1,000 prize and interested employers

If you are an area high school or college student who is technologically savvy, Agilx programmer and co-founder Jacob D. McElroy has a message for you: He wants you to attend an event he’s sponsoring, and he has some good reasons why you should. “The first annual Nebraska Software Builders Challenge lets developers showcase their talent and [...]

Midwest Entrepreneurship Conference is all about action

An exciting new regional event, the Midwest Entrepreneurship Conference 2012, is happening at the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Mammel Hall March 30-31. UNO, the Collegiate Entrepreneur Organization, and the Omaha chapter of CEO are sponsoring the event. According to Chris Miller, a current MBA student, the event is focused on providing tools and actions [...]

Video: Joining the Family Business – Succession and Re-Invention

Dave Specht, coordinator of the family business programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), facilitated the Succession and Re-invention track at the 2012 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship. This first track focused on those joining the family business (or not) and what those on the panel have learned through that process. Betsy Branscombe, Speedway Motors, Inc. J.P. Rhea, [...]

Entrepreneurship for Engineers class off to a great start

Engineering majors at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are getting an opportunity to look at their industry in a different way this spring. A new class this semester, Entrepreneurship for Engineers, is designed for engineers who would like to become business people. According to UNL’s announcement website, “Good engineering is about making the world better, and good [...]

Video: Startups from the eye of a student

With the Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship becoming a popular event for students, for 2012 there was added a panel of startups that were created about students. The panel included Calvin Pappas of SelectOut Inc., Allen Kruse of Rare Earth Solar and Craig Zuhlke of Photonic Solutions, Inc. This panel is about students who juggled the [...]

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  

VersaFiber turning agricultural trash into treasure

It’s readily assumed that corn is kind of a big deal in Nebraska — it is the Cornhusker State, after all. But Nathan Meyer is looking to make the husk just as valuable as the golden corn it sheathes. Meyer is the founder of VersaFiber, a company that processes corn stalks, husks and other agricultural scraps into natural [...]

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’s Jayem Subbiah bringing technology from the classroom to the marketplace

Entrance into India’s elite state universities is so notoriously difficult that America’s Ivy League routinely accepts many young Indians who fail to get in every year. Jeyam Subbiah has firsthand knowledge of how selective India’s state universities can be. He was born into an entrepreneurial family in India’s southern Tamil Nadu state, but though entrepreneurship [...]

What it means to be a Nebraska entrepreneur

The 2012 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship came to a close this year with a keynote address by Steve Kiene, Managing Principal of Nebraska Global. Steve talks about what it means to be a Nebraska entrepreneur and ends with “you might be a Nebraska entrepreneur if…”  

Business Incubator Launches in Scottsbluff

An entrepreneurial renaissance is taking shape across Western Nebraska and rural communities stand to reap the economic benefits. On Feb. 22, Western Nebraska Community College unveiled a business incubator program at its John N. Harms Advanced Technology Center. The program will facilitate economic development in the Panhandle by helping entrepreneurs break down traditional barriers to [...]

O’Brien discusses the “magic” and “messiness” of entrepreneurship

In Mary Ann O’Brien’s office at OBI Creative, there’s a plank on the wall, and an “X” marks the spot in the carpet. “We really pride ourselves on being brave, and if you’re not brave, you walk the plank here,” O’Brien said of her Omaha-based advertising agency and marketing strategy firm. “You don’t come to [...]

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 [...]

2012 Summit Speakers Address Young Entrepreneurs

University of Nebraska President J.B. Milliken opened the sixth annual Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship Feb. 24 by recognizing the strong presence of students among the more than 500 conference attendees. “It’s the younger people here that have the great potential to help Nebraska become leaders and lead economic transformation in this country,” he said. Held [...]

Summit panel to discuss advisory boards in family business

For many business owners, the outside perspective of an advisory board can shed a helpful light on the inner workings of their companies. At an 11 a.m. breakout session of the 2012 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship on Feb. 24, a panel will discuss the topic of family businesses and advisory boards, a resource that Certified [...]

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 Demos to highlight diversity of scalable businesses

Raising the profile of entrepreneurs in Nebraska will be the main focus of the Entrepreneur Demos at the upcoming Summit on Entrepreneurship, to be held Feb. 23-24 at the Embassy Suites in La Vista. Six companies will be showcased starting at 1:45 p.m. Friday as part of the afternoon line-up of the summit, which is now in [...]

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