Micro Businesses Depend on the Nebraska Enterprise Fund

Nebraska Enterprise Fund (NEF) is a private, non-profit organization that was formed in 1994 to help Nebraska’s micro and small businesses develop. Micro businesses are small, self-employed, start-up or home-based business consisting of 10 or fewer employees. Micro and small businesses’ growth and development fuel Nebraska’s economy and, for several years, NEF has helped these businesses [...]

Recent Developments Show Increased Cash on Hand for Startups

The Lincoln Journal Star today released an article about recent developments in funding for startups. With all of the new government programs, Nebraska is slowing catching up from being near the bottom in funding available. Nebraska has long lagged behind the rest of the nation when it comes to financing for startup businesses. More than one [...]

A Look Inside the Nebraska 2011 East 2 West Venture Competition

This post is from guest contributor Wade Sikkink:  After spending the first part of my professional life inside huge organizations (US Navy, Fortune 500 companies) I became interested in startups and entrepreneurship. I started dabbling in side business ventures while reading more and more about startups and the startup scene.  I’ve been involved in several [...]

Keep Funding in Perspective

Tom Chapman has some advice for newly funded startups: “Now is not the time to rest.” In his current position as vice president of the software investment firm Nebraska Global and in his previous role as director of entrepreneurship and innovation for the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, Chapman has worked with hundreds of startups, and [...]

Innovation Seminar Series 4: Orbiting the Giant Hairball

[Shane Farritor's Innovation Seminar series was filmed live at the NET studios in Lincoln, NE. This series is designed to change the way you think about business and engineering. It is designed to encourage you to work with imagination, to improvise, and to try unconventional approaches.] “Orbiting the Giant Hairball,” on Nov. 3rd, gives entrepreneurs [...]

Innovation Seminar Series 3: Brainstorming and Other Thinkertoys

[Shane Farritor's Innovation Seminar series was filmed live at the NET studios in Lincoln, NE. This series is designed to change the way you think about business and engineering. It is designed to encourage you to work with imagination, to improvise, and to try unconventional approaches.] The “Brainstorming” installation of the series, held Nov. 1, [...]

Innovation Seminar Series 2: Little Bets

[Shane Farritor's Innovation Seminar series was filmed live at the NET studios in Lincoln, NE. This series is designed to change the way you think about business and engineering. It is designed to encourage you to work with imagination, to improvise, and to try unconventional approaches.] Oct 20 brought “Little Bets,” devoted to understanding how [...]

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, [...]

Nebraska Global and the State of Venture Capital in Nebraska

Patrick Smith, Principle and COO of Nebraska Global brings the good, the bad and the ugly of venture capital in Nebraska.  The amount of venture capital being moved in the state ranks Nebraska as 52nd, even behind DC and Puerto Rico. This presentation was given on September 14th, 2011 at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce [...]

A Fine Time For Nebraska Wine

[This is part of a series of articles  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.] Wine-making predates Western civilization by 4,000 years or more. But as old as it is, it’s still offering new opportunities for entrepreneurs in Nebraska. [...]

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 [...]

Co-op gets products to market

[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 .] Monday through Friday, Steph Larsen organizes programs that get people excited about democracy through her job at 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 [...]

Jennifer Yentes – Innovative research fuels future advances in health care

Jennifer Yentes, Laboratory Manager, Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility, University of Nebraska at Omaha Innovative research fuels future advances in health care The Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility is a world-renowned laboratory focusing on advancing healthcare through innovative research. Our goal is to facilitate the efficacy of current rehabilitation and treatment techniques as well as understanding mechanisms [...]

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 [...]

Innovation Night, The Coolest Night in Innovation

The Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship is hosting Innovation Night, The Coolest Night in Innovation on March 14, 2011 beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Embassy Suites, 1040 P Street Lincoln, Nebraska. The evening reception has two goals; first to honor current entrepreneurs with the Nebraska Distinguished Entrepreneur Award, this year’s recipients are: Charlie Hull & [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Keynote speaker to tell dreamers, ‘It’s Not Over’

It’s not over. That’s the message Pamela Dingman has for entrepreneurs. The CEO of  Engineering Design Consultants will deliver the luncheon keynote address at the 2011 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship, Feb. 25 at the Embassy Suites in La Vista. The head of Nebraska’s only woman-owned engineering firm, knows what it’s like to dream of owning [...]

Mile markers along the road less traveled

Aaron Marshbanks has chosen the road less traveled. The road has taken him through failures and back again. He knows it has more hazards than the Interstate, but it also has more adventure. He couldn’t imagine traveling any other route.  He was still in grade school when he took his first trip down the entrepreneur’s [...]

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