Invest Nebrasksa Wants to Live Up to its Name with East 2 West Venture Competition

On Nov. 18, Invest Nebraska is holding its third annual East 2 West Venture Competition, designed to celebrate, encourage and spotlight the unique conditions in Nebraska’s culture that result in such a rich entrepreneurial spirit. If you plan to enter, be sure and come with your sleeves rolled up. A tagline on Invest Nebraska’s website proclaims, [...]

Business Model Innovations – Joe Petsick, Proxibid

Proxibid started in 2003 with the task of taking one of the oldest industries - auctions - and bringing it online. Since 2003 Proxibid has held more than 35,000 auctions live online and increased its staff to just over 100. Proxibid was one of three companies that presented on a panel about business model innovations in information technology at [...]

University of Nebraska highlights efforts in innovation and entrepreneurship

In conjunction with President Obama’s signing of the America Invents Act today – legislation that will streamline the patent process and foster economic development – the University of Nebraska is highlighting its key efforts in innovation and entrepreneurship that are helping to build a more competitive economy for Nebraska. The America Invents Act is the [...]

vIDEA: Video Idea Contest – Nominations Needed

  Deadline for submissions is extended until August 12th To kick off Nebraska Entrepreneur’s next video series we are turning directly to you to help highlight entrepreneurs and resource providers that you feel have a great story to tell. Consider this: for entrepreneurs, we want those that have learned lessons from being in the trenches [...]

Perseverance pays off for Country Rhoads Homemade Jalapeño Jelly

[This is part of a series of articles over the next month 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 .] An empty nest, a green thumb and a clear jelly don’t exactly sound like ingredients in a recipe [...]

Larry Keeley on the importance of continual innovation

Larry Keeley, a leading innovation and strategy consultant, spoke at The Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management. Keeley is a leading innovation and strategy consultant with the Monitor Group, a global management consulting firm that advises the world’s leading corporations and nonprofits on issues of strategy, organization and innovation. Keeley has worked [...]

Raikes School students paired with corporations for real-world education

Every year the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln takes on a new set of projects for its Design Studio program. The curriculum enables juniors and seniors at the Raikes School to work as technologists and business managers on real-world software development projects. The Design Studio [...]

Reinventing your company in a customer-controlled marketplace

Sean Moffitt, Founder and Chief Evangelist at Agent Wildfire and co-author of Wikibrands, is a well-recognized thought leader in company innovation, brand leadership, social influence marketing and online community building, marrying his passion for grassroots engagement, digital technologies and the brand. He has been an executive-level marketer, agency leader and consultant, in roles bridging the [...]

Nebraska Distinguished Entrepreneur Award Winners

On March 14th, 2011 UNL’s Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship hosted their annual Innovation Night to present their 2011 Nebraska Distinguished Entrepreneur Awards.  This years awards went to four different companies including Jack Henry with Global Industries, Charlie Hull and Clint! Runge with Archrival, Steve Kiene with Nebraska Global and John Lund with OFFWIRE. The purpose [...]

Keynote: FLYOVER by Archrival

2011 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship FLYOVER by Archrival Clint! Runge, Creative Director of Archrival Charlie Hull, Managing Director of Archrival Archrival co-founders Clint! Runge and Charles Hull critique the flyover state by giving a voice to the boiling sentiment of up-and-coming entrepreneurs, complemented by an honest assessment of how we look to the national consumer. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Why Not Here?

Entrepreneur Returns Home to Build Communications Business Home for Brad Moline was a farm in Chase County. This is windswept corn country where Nebraska and Colorado meet.  The pickup trucks have number 72 on their license plates and the county seat of Imperial has fewer than 2,000 residents. When Brad was looking for a place [...]

NU NEWS RELEASE: New report highlights four Nebraska companies spun off from NU research

May 11, 2010 Four Nebraska companies that are spinoffs of University of Nebraska research are highlighted in a nationwide “success stories” report released today by The Science Coalition. The report – “Sparking Economic Growth: How federally funded university research creates innovation, new companies and jobs” – identifies 100 companies across the United States that trace [...]

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 [...]