Cornstalks demonstration night

The Cornstalks demonstration night is intended to provide Silicon Prairie region companies with an opportunity to highlight their products and technologies. This first iteration of demonstration night included 10 companies highlighting primarily software and web-enabled technologies as well as being new or young (less than 18 months old) to the marketplace. The goal of the [...]

Agile Sports and Stephanie Healy talk about growth

2011 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship How to rapidly grow a Nebraska startup – unlimited vacation and Jets tickets Brian Kaiser, CTO, Agile Sports Technologies In four years, Agile Sports has grown from its three founders to 30 employees and from one devoted customer (the University of Nebraska Husker football team) to 2500 teams in 48 [...]

Collaborative Work Spaces and the Accelerating Effects on Business

Collaborative Work Spaces and the Accelerating Effects on Business Matthew Wegener, President & CEO, ISoft Data Systems and Turbine Flats Turbine Flats is an idea community and home to 10 early stage and start-up businesses. In this session, Matthew Wegener will discuss the businesses that are taking root at Turbine Flats today. He will explain [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Big Omaha – Past, Present and Future

We recently sat down with Jeff Slobotski and Dusty Davidson of Silicon Prairie News to learn about the event Big Omaha.  The third annual event will be held May 11-13 this year.  Be sure to signup on their website and check back for updates as they begin to roll out announcements. Why Big Omaha was [...]

Invest Nebraska Names $50,000 New Venture Winner

(Omaha – November 19, 2010) Invest Nebraska Corporation, a statewide venture development organization, hosted its East 2 West state competition Friday at The Old Mattress Factory Bar and Grill in Omaha. Six hopeful finalists competed for the chance to win a $50,000 equity investment, but only one went home with the prize. After judges’ deliberation, [...]

UNeMed event highlights innovators, provides grants

Hundreds gathered in Omaha last week to recognize local inventors and researchers in science fields as part of the UNeMed Innovation Week. Research, newly developed equipment and innovations in technology were among the top award winners at the week-long event. The event was the culmination of an entire year’s worth of research and gave awards, [...]

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 [...]

SCORE experts can help your startup or existing small business

The seed for Chris Miller’s startup business was planted by his own need for clean, affordable housing – and preferably with opportunities for a social life – when he was a senior at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Four years later, he and Cole Stunkard operate Delta Real Estate Portfolio – an Omaha-based property [...]

Second startup weekend to hit Omaha

A recent college graduate and a businessperson who’s owned a company for several decades have different backgrounds, levels of experience and ideas for the future. On September 10, college grads, business owners and people from all walks of life will have the opportunity to work together to make new business ideas a reality at the [...]

Small companies find ways to compete, keep business

Being able to bring in revenue is challenging when there are larger businesses or massive corporations selling the same product just blocks away.  Entrepreneurs can find it tough to compete and as a result, many ideas for small businesses often never reach the drawing board.  Entrepreneurs also face the challenge of keeping shoppers or customers [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Scott Data Center adds 4,500 square feet of co-location space

Expansion of Omaha Data Center June 8, 2010 (Omaha, Nebraska) – Scott Data Center today announced the expansion of co-location space in order to meet demand. Scott Pollard, Director of Operations said, “Scott Data Center’s original co-location space experienced accelerated growth which provided the business case for the recent addition of 4,500 square feet”. Pollard [...]

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