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Your staff is growing, your market is expanding, you are walking a fine line between running the business and still being involved with the process. Sound familiar? So how do you keep true to your roots and let go to let your...
October 27, 2011Creativity and innovation are buzzwords that get a lot of mileage among business owners. But what exactly is innovation, where does it come from, and how do you create it? Shane Farritor, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln engineering...
October 17, 2011In March, Nebraska launched an aggressive mentoring program to invest in the state’s entrepreneurs. Six months into the venture that uses the Gallup Entrepreneur Acceleration System, participating companies are reporting...
October 17, 2011Most entrepreneurs have amazing stories about how far they’ve come to fulfill their dreams, but how many had to move to a different country, learn another language and be knowledgeable about multi-government regulations...
October 14, 2011Clay 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...
October 11, 2011Guy 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...
October 6, 2011Paul Eurek, chief executive officer and chairman of Xpanxion, was one of three companies that presented on a panel about business model innovations in information technology at the 2011 Nebraska Research and Innovation Conference....
October 6, 2011Matthew Wegener, founder, president and chief executive officer of ISoft Data Systems and co-founder and president of the Turbine Flats Project, was one of three companies that presented on a panel about business model innovations...
October 4, 2011Proxibid started in 2003 with the task of taking one of the oldest industries - auctions - and bringing it online. Since 2003 Proxibid has held more than 35,000 auctions live online and increased its staff to just over 100. Proxibid...
September 30, 2011[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...
June 21, 2011[This is the first of a series of articles over the next month to focus on one of Nebraska's key entrepreneurial areas: the food industry. Check back frequently as we explore restaurants such as Bread and Cup and small food producers.] Kevin...
May 26, 2011On April 27, the Lincoln Young Professionals Group and its Entrepreneurship Committee brought together two local entrepreneurs, one seasoned and one fresh, to talk about their startup experiences. John Wirtz, COO of Agile Sports,...
May 11, 2011In 2007, the global financial crisis challenged finance companies like Nebraska-based Nelnet, Inc. Nelnet found opportunities in the economic turmoil, starting new subsidiary businesses in the process. This is the story of how...
April 25, 20112011 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship Falling Means Getting Back Up Scott Kleeb, President, Energy Pioneer Solutions Starting a business is challenging, growing a business is even more. Errors are inevitable, but the only...
March 31, 2011For 50 years, John Brasch has been building a legacy in the elderly care industry with his company, the J. Brasch Co. He’s started four companies and launched six products and now, at 70, Brasch has decided to give it another...
March 29, 20112011 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship Phenomblue: Finding Partners Joe Olsen, CEO, Director of Strategy and Innovation at Phenomblue, an industry leading interactive brand experience agency. Read More →
March 28, 20112011 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship Genomics and the GeneSeek Experience Abe Oommen, General Manager, Neogen Corporation/GeneSeek Review of the growth and development of GeneSeek as a true Nebraska entity will be presented....
March 25, 2011On 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...
March 24, 20112011 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...
March 17, 20112011 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship FLYOVER by Archrival Clint! Runge, Creative Director of Archrival Charlie Hull, Managing Director of Archrival Archrival co-founders Clint! Runge and Charles Hull critique the flyover state...
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