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 [...]

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 [...]

Dave Hall – Restore A Muscle Car

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 sat down with members of the Lincoln Young Professionals Group on July 8th to talk about how he started Restore [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

SCC Entrepreneurship Center Incubator Opens More Space

The Southeast Community College (SCC) Entrepreneurship Center incubator program in Lincoln opened additional business incubator space May 1, 2010.
Tim Mittan, the center’s director, said expanding the incubator office space within Southeast Community College’s building at 285 S. 68th Street Place will enable the incubator to add four new tenants to its current 13.
The SCC Entrepreneurship [...]

Lincoln Technology Firm Named 2010 Small Business of the Year

OMAHA – James Bowen and Nick Bock, and their company Five Nines Technology Group, have been named the Nebraska Small Business of the Year for 2010 by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
The information technology firm was nominated for the honor by Marisol Rodriguez, director of the Nebraska Business Development Center in Lincoln.
“Five Nines [...]

Startup Drinks Lincoln Bringing Worldwide Networking Phenomenon to Star City

In business (to quote the age-old mantra), it’s often not what you know, but who you know. While that’s certainly sound advice, it doesn’t really offer any specifics; namely, who exactly that “who you know” happens to be. Toby Schroder — whose search engine optimization company Fierce Robot helps clients find the magic words to [...]

Turbine Flats Project Provides Collaborative Atmosphere for Entrepreneurs

Several years ago, a group of startups renting an older building in Lincoln, Nebraska had to vacate when the roof started falling in.
But they wanted to continue the collaborative relationship they had developed naturally as young businesses facing similar struggles while working in close proximity.
They found an abandoned warehouse that could be renovated on Y [...]

Turbine Flats Project Aims to Build Community Support for Startups

You’re not alone. Or at least you don’t have to be, especially if you’re an entrepreneur in Lincoln, Nebraska.  The Turbine Flats Project, an office space for startup businesses and a nonprofit organization, is working to build a culture in Lincoln that supports entrepreneurs.
Matthew Wegener, president of the Turbine Flats board of directors and co-owner [...]

Lincoln YPG Entrepreneurship Speaker Series

Jay Wilkinson talks about his many different business ventures, why he choose to stay in Nebraska and how changing business models is not always a bad thing.

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