Nebraska Entrepreneurs
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For creators of new social media portals, the immense popularity of Web 2.0 giants such as Facebook and Twitter is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, each site’s success paves the way for subsequent technological innovations,...
July 26, 2010Throughout their 25 years as small business owners, Mike and Sharon Schilling have whittled entrepreneurship down to a science. Since starting a farm supply company back in 1985, they’ve also created a seed supplier, a fertilizer plant...
July 23, 2010The 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...
July 21, 2010A 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...
July 20, 2010While 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...
July 16, 2010The Internet and Non-Profit Organizations Have Aided Rural Businesspeople With Start-Ups ABC’s News Article “Rural Enterprise on the Rise” highlights GROW Nebraska and how beneficial membership can be for small businesses...
July 13, 2010As 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...
July 13, 2010Expansive fields of crops are common sites in Nebraska. Behind every field there’s a specific science that focuses on the best way to plant, irrigate and harvest these crops. Many farmers don’t have the proper equipment...
July 12, 2010Even though advertisers are talented enough at promoting products to earn a livelihood doing so, a slick flash presentation or a clever commercial often cannot quite match a personal endorsement offered by a close friend. It’s...
July 1, 2010It’s not always possible to make a hobby into a successful and profitable business. However, one Lincoln businessperson found a way to make a passion for cars into a successful restoration business. Dave Hall, the owner and...
June 29, 2010The benefits of a powerful brand are obvious. When an unexpected sneeze coats your hands with mucus, chances are you don’t ask someone to hand you a “facial tissue.” You probably ask for a Kleenex. Likewise,...
June 22, 2010Tomac Mountain Bikes promises its customers “hardcore, quality products.” When one takes a glance at the company’s inner workings, it’s obvious those same descriptors apply to the man behind the brand,...
June 15, 2010When a sizable portion of the planet is but a Google search away and everyone you speak with on a regular basis is plugged into Facebook and Twitter feeds, keeping a physical list of contact information or a stack of business...
June 14, 2010Even though last year’s Big Omaha proved successful enough to convince even the staunchest skeptics that entrepreneurship could flourish hundreds of miles inland from America’s coasts, that proof of concept didn’t...
May 25, 2010McCook, Nebraska, is probably one of the last places you’d expect to find a game store, let alone one with a global customer base. But since 2007, Game on Games has been providing Nebraskans in the southwestern corner of...
May 13, 2010Sometimes, bigger is better. At least, that’s the philosophy the Silicon Prairie News staff — the organizers of this year’s Big Omaha event — are adhering to. Held in the KANEKO space of Omaha’s...
May 6, 2010As much clout as baseball boasts within the American zeitgeist, it can be argued rather persuasively that video games have supplanted the national pastime in the minds of modern kids. With some 97 percent of kids playing video...
May 6, 2010OMAHA – James Bowen and Nick Bock, and their company Five Nines Technology Group, have been named the Nebraska Small Business of the Year for 2010 by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The information technology...
April 12, 2010Everyone’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...
April 12, 2010April 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...
April 5, 2010Videos:
It’s not always possible to make a hobby into a successful and profitable business. However, one Lincoln businessperson found a way to make a passion for cars into a successful restoration business. Dave Hall sat down with...
July 13, 2010As much clout as baseball boasts within the American zeitgeist, it can be argued rather persuasively that video games have supplanted the national pastime in the minds of modern kids. With some 97 percent of kids playing video...
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May 6, 2010Sorrisos Gourmet Pasta Sauce from Nebraska Entrepreneur on Vimeo. Learn about how Sorrisos Gourmet Pasta Sauce came in to existence and some of the resources that helped them along the way to build their business. http://www.sorrisossauce.com/ Read More →
February 22, 2010January 12th was the night Steve Glenn spilled the beans on the 46 businesses he’s started and lessons learned along the way. The founder and CEO of Executive Travel, one of the most successful and fastest growing travel management...
January 27, 2010Ken Anderson, owner and founder of TASK Lighting in Kearney, NE talks about why they started TASK Lighting and how their industry has changed over the years. In 2009, Ken was inducted into the National Kitchen and Bath Association...
January 12, 2010Jay Wilkinson talks about his many different business ventures, why he choose to stay in Nebraska and how changing business models is not always a bad thing. Thank you to Silicon Prairie News for hosting this video. Read More →
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