CDR Announces January Lending Information Meeting

  Entrepreneurs with a business idea or business owners who want to grow — especially those struggling to find funding — should circle Jan. 11, 2012 on their calendars. That’s the day Community Development Resources will host a free lending information meeting at Southeast Community College in Lincoln. Deb Payne, manager of Alice’s Integrity Loan Fund at [...]

Entrepreneur Spotlight: Clay Ramsey of Misko Sports

Clay Ramsey left his corporate job with Cabelas in order to follow his passion of owning his own business as well as the opportunity to move back to his families home town. This is the story of the lessons that Clay learned along that process of buying Misko Sports in Ord, NE and what others [...]

Entrepreneur Spotlight: Guy Lewis of Valley Fire Pottery

Guy Lewis and his family moved back to Ord, NE from Portland, OR to be closer to family.  One difficulty when moving to a smaller community can be that the jobs don’t align with your background.  For Guy, that meant the perfect opportunity to create his own opportunities and start Valley Fire Pottery. The idea [...]

Allo Communications Helps Make Western Nebraska Viable for Global Business

In today’s global market, businesses require fast, reliable data and communication networks that simply didn’t exist in much of western Nebraska. What most people saw as a roadblock, Brad Moline considered an opportunity. In 2003, Brad and his partner, Russ Pankonin, started Allo Communications to provide the telecommunications support needed to help make rural Nebraska more [...]

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 [...]