UNeMed and UNMC to host seminar on Intellectual Property and Licensing Basics

On April 16, UNeMed and the University of Nebraska Medical Center have teamed up with the Licensing Executives Society (LES) to host a one-day seminar on Intellectual Property and Licensing Basics. This is part of LES’ popular Professional Development Series (PDS). The course will cover: • IP Basics: patents, trademarks, know-how and trade secrets. • Smart strategies [...]

Keynote: Moglia shares insights, lessons on business

Joe Moglia is one of the most recognized names in the heartland. Whether it’s through the Omaha Nighthawks or TD Ameritrade, Moglia has made an impact on Nebraska with his knowledge and expertise on business. Before joining TD Ameritrade a decade ago, Moglia worked for Merrill Lynch in New York. After 17 years there, he moved [...]

SIFE Students Put Entrepreneurship Principles in Motion at UNL

Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) have put the principles they practice into motion here at UNL. The student organization is operating an online auction system that resells surplus inventory for departments across campus. Although the online site was in operation for several years under the name UNL Surplus Online Sales, when SIFE took over its [...]

Governor Announces New Entrepreneur Mentoring Initiative

The State of Nebraska has announced a new partnership that will invest in those most likely to create new jobs: entrepreneurs. Nebraska will be the first state use a new business-to-business mentoring program developed by the Gallup Organization, Gov. Dave Heineman announced at a press conference in Omaha Thursday. The initiative will provide business development assistance [...]

National Lemonade Day comes to Omaha

It’s not uncommon to see children sitting on the sidewalk in a neighborhood with a self-made lemonade stand in the spring or summer with the hopes of making a little money but on May 1, don’t be surprised by all the lemonade stands outside Omaha metro businesses. It’s all part of National Lemonade Day, an [...]

$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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

’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” [...]

Gallup CFO: Support for Individual Entrepreneurs Crucial to Nebraska’s Economic Health

Gallup Organization Vice Chairman and CFO Jim Krieger had a concern when his two sons attended high school in Lincoln. They were certainly bright enough students, he thought, but they also were “a little less than engaged in school.” When he talked with them about how he could help, a theme emerged that would spark [...]

Junior Achievement educates Nebraska youth on financial literacy

Learning about starting a business isn’t just for adults. Junior Achievement, a national organization, provides hands-on education to youth about financial literacy and smart economic decisions. Junior Achievement works by bringing professionals into classrooms (Kindergarten to 12th grade) to teach students about entrepreneurship using their own perspectives and experiences as entrepreneurs and businesspeople. The volunteers also follow a curriculum [...]

CCC workshops prepare entrepreneurs for real world challenges

Taking a class on how to successfully start a business won’t always yield all the answers to questions startup companies face. However, when those classes are combined with speakers and mentors with first-hand knowledge of all the intricacies of the business world, it’s easier to walk away with something more than just an idea for a [...]

UNL’s Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program off to good start

In March it was announced that Texas cattleman Paul Engler and his wife Virginia were giving $20 million to the University of Nebraska for entrepreneurship programs within agribusiness.  Recently, the Lincoln Journal Star caught up with one of the first scholarship recipients of the program, Ashley Nunnenkamp, in the article UNL’s Engler scholars benefiting from gift.

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 [...]

Area Entrepreneur / Small Biz Resource Forums

Area Entrepreneur / Small Biz Resource Forums Coming to Central and Southeast Nebraska The Nebraska Enterprise Fund (NEF) is hosting two area forums focused on coordinated support for entrepreneurs and business development in Nebraska.  On November 30, 2010, the first “Area Entrepreneur /Small Biz Resource Forum” will be in Beatrice with the Beatrice Area Chamber [...]

Creighton program focuses on science, promotes working together with state universities

It’s a good bet that most of the incoming freshmen at science-heavy universities like Creighton University in Omaha have aspirations to go on to medical, pharmacy, dental or some other science graduate school. Realistically, only a small percentage of those students ever go on to become doctors, dentists or pharmacists. Creighton decided to create a [...]

Metro’s Booming Entrepreneurship Program Educates Small Business Owners

Michela Wipf’s passion for photography wasn’t translating into money. The stay-at-home mom had turned an old dining room in her Weeping Water, Nebraska, home into a photo studio. To create a thriving home-based business, her plan was to shoot photos at home as well as at local scenic spots and other nearby towns east of [...]

GROW Nebraska Membership Open House

GROW Nebraska is inviting entrepreneurs in Central Nebraska to learn how GROW Nebraska works and what GROW can do for them. They are hosting an informational meeting in Grand Island on Wednesday, October 13 and an open house on Thursday, October 14 in Lincoln. GROW Nebraska is a non-profit organization whose mission is to help [...]

AIM Institute gives businesses Information Technology education

Small businesses are probably aware of the importance of using technology to promote itself. However, technology is constantly changing and starting a business is daunting already without having to worry about learning all the information behind technology. Companies like the AIM Institute provide services to startups to help create a bridge to understand technology. The [...]

Northeast Nebraska economic development focuses on local growth

For nearly a decade, the Elkhorn Valley Economic Development Council has provided small business consulting services for the nearly 50,000 residents in Madison, Pierce and Stanton counties in northeast Nebraska. David Simonsen, executive director for the Elkhorn Valley Economic Development Council, said those in these three counties don’t have to travel all the way to [...]

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