NxBizSuccess reaching out to entrepreneurs via portal, podcasts

As social media becomes more prevalent and newer, bolder ways of distributing facts, figures and fictions enter the picture, it seems the paradigm for acquiring and analyzing information shifts on a near daily basis.  Although this means more people are able to actively search out the information they seek (we live in a world where “Google” has [...]

Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program takes shape

The Paul F. and Virginia J. Engler Foundation donated $20 million to the University of Nebraska at Lincoln earlier this year in an effort to create a program focused on finding students with entrepreneurial drive and providing those students with the resources to help educate them in successful agribusiness.
The program is in its infancy but [...]

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 [...]

NebraskaEDGE bundles networking, education and growth into single package

While it’s relatively easy to set up a learning environment (often as simple as putting a teacher and at least one interested pupil in the same room), sustaining that educational ambiance proves a much more involved task. While traveling lecturers and keynote conference speakers undoubtedly impart some lasting knowledge to those who hear them, at least a portion of [...]

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 [...]

Advice for Nebraskan family businesses successful at UNL

As the Baby Boom generation continues retiring from years of working, their predecessors are beginning to fill the gaps left behind. Those inheriting a business may not know to effectively keep their family business moving forward after the previous generation.
Dave Specht took on the challenge of providing consultation and guidance for family businesses.  His work [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

NCTA Entrepreneurship Programs Reach Adult Students, Main Streets

In a previous post, Nebraska Entrepreneur looked at two Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture – Curtis (NCTA) programs that help young people establish businesses in rural Nebraska: the 100 Beef Cow Ownership Advantage Program and the 100 Acre Advantage Program.
In this post, Nebraska Entrepreneur reports on two additional NCTA programs that teach the “art of ownership”: [...]

Heartland Conference extends entrepreneurial wisdom to high school students

For the better part of three decades, the Heartland Conference has provided interested parties a little face time with some of the biggest names from the Nebraska business scene. And earlier this month, the 25th Annual Heartland Conference for Free Enterprise — held in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus Union — extended that same [...]

Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Teaches Rural Entrepreneurship

The University of Nebraska’s Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture  - Curtis (NCTA) wants young people to make their living in rural Nebraska and offers unique programs to help them succeed.
“We teach entrepreneurship across our entire curriculum,” said Weldon Sleight, Ph.D., dean of NCTA.
Entrepreneurial skills can help rural residents to establish and maintain both agricultural and non-agricultural [...]

Distinguished Entrepreneur Awards Recognize Nebraska’s Most Potent Innovators

Nothing entices a gambler to give the slot machine lever a few more tugs more than seeing the guy on the next stool cupping his hands, spilling more quarters than he catches. Witnessing others reap the rewards of a risky venture can galvanize us, give us the courage to stare down peril in the name [...]

PK Partnership Class Boasts 90 Percent Small Business Success Rate, Tripling of Sales

Everyone’s heard horror stories about small business failure. Some sources peg the rate of new startups that plummet into the abyss during their first year at around 70 percent; others go so far as to posit that 9 out of 10 new businesses collapse annually. But for many entrepreneurs in south central Nebraska, 90 percent doesn’t signify [...]

‘Coolest Night in Innovation’ is April 8

Released on 04/02/2010, at 2:00 AM
Office of University Communications
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
WHEN: Thursday, Apr. 8
WHERE: Embassy Suites Hotel, 1040 P Street [map]
Lincoln, Neb., April 2nd, 2010 —
Innovation, both nascent and thriving, will be featured at the Coolest Night in Innovation 5:30-7:30 p.m. April 8 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1040 P St.
The Nebraska Distinguished Entrepreneur Awards [...]

Neogen acquires GeneSeek, Inc.

April 1, 2010
Friends of the University of Nebraska Technology Park:
I’m pleased to share with you important new information about GeneSeek, Inc., one of the many successful companies located at the University of Nebraska Technology Park.
Founded in 1998, GeneSeek is one of the original park tenants and took part in the business incubator program at the [...]

Innovation to Commercialization: Is the road ever Straight and Short?

Is the road ever Straight and Short?
Dr. Jennie Hunter-Cevera
Executive Vice President of Discovery and Analytical
Sciences (DAS), Corporate Development, and
Government Relations, RTI International
Monday, April 5, 2010
10:30 am, Nebraska Union Auditorium, City Campus
3:30 pm, Hardin Hall Auditorium, East Campus
Both talks are free and open to the public.

Dr. Hunter-Cevera brings a unique perspective on innovation, [...]

Kimmel Brings Innovation to Businesses

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Connie Reimers-Hild
UNL Kimmel Education and Research Center
5985 G Road
Nebraska City, NE 68410
In these current economic times, businesses must continue to find new ways to be productive and continue to turn a profit.  This April, Dr. Connie Reimers-Hild will take this economy head on with an Innovation Retreat being held at the Kimmel [...]

AIM Institute expands to Lincoln, opens office at University of Nebraska Technology Park

News Release
Lincoln, Neb.—March 23, 2010—The AIM Institute of Omaha, a nonprofit membership organization providing information technology leadership to Nebraska and the region, announced it has expanded its outreach abilities by opening an office in Lincoln at the University of Nebraska Technology Park.
The organization has had a strong presence in Omaha since its founding in 1992. [...]

University announces Kiewit, Scott entrepreneurial award winners

NU NEWS RELEASE
March 18, 2010
Contact: Melissa Lee
(402) 472-7127
(402) 580-3297 (cell)
melissalee@nebraska.edu
University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken has announced the 2010 winners of two awards that honor entrepreneurship in Nebraska: the Peter Kiewit Student Entrepreneurial Award and the Walter Scott Entrepreneurial Business Award.
The Peter Kiewit award recognizes University of Nebraska students who have worked toward [...]

Food Processing Center Helps Move Products from Stoves to Storefronts

Even though it’s something everyone needs on a daily basis, food is a tougher sell than you might think. For starters, the failure rate of new food products hovers well above 75 percent, with the New York Times entrepreneurship blog claiming 9 out of 10 new food items will fail to cut the mustard their [...]

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