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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...
March 8, 2011Opening remarks for the 2011 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship on Friday, February 25th, 2011. Read More →
March 8, 2011The 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...
March 7, 2011Students representing Nebraska high schools, area colleges and universities had three minutes to pitch their idea for a new business. The second annual 3-2-1 Quick Pitch Competition was held on Wednesday at Memorial Stadium in...
March 1, 2011The fifth annual Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship will again be one of the premier events hosted in Nebraska during National Entrepreneurship Week (Feb. 19-26, 2011). The Summit on Entrepreneurship is sponsored by the Nebraska...
February 24, 2011Student pitching in front of Memorial Stadium (photo courtesy of Three Pillars Media) Students are invited to compete in the second annual “3-2-1 Quick Pitch Competition” on Feb. 23 at Memorial Stadium. Applications...
February 7, 2011Nebraska’s State Chamber has announced a summit set for January 19 focused on technology and economic development. If you plan to attend, be sure to register soon. For more information on the summit, see the press release...
January 4, 2011In March it was announced that Texas cattleman Paul Engler and his wife Virginia were giving $20 million to the University of Nebraska for entrepreneurship programs within agribusiness. Recently, the Lincoln Journal Star caught...
December 7, 2010For NUtech Ventures (pronounced “new tech” as in new technologies), success means creating new companies and jobs to spur economic development in Nebraska. NUtech’s team is composed of innovation “matchmakers” whose...
December 1, 2010Whether it’s an interest in rockets, robots or agriculture, ideas no matter how abstract or simple are the fundamental basis for starting a business. The 4H Entrepreneurship Investigation was designed to educate the youth about...
November 23, 2010Hundreds gathered in Omaha last week to recognize local inventors and researchers in science fields as part of the UNeMed Innovation Week. Research, newly developed equipment and innovations in technology were among the top award...
November 1, 2010It’s a good bet that most of the incoming freshmen at science-heavy universities like Creighton University in Omaha have aspirations to go on to medical, pharmacy, dental or some other science graduate school. Realistically,...
October 29, 2010Lincoln, Neb.—September 23, 2010—Digital Connections, Inc. (DCI Global), an international provider of visual communications solutions for business and industry, announced it has settled into the University of Nebraska Technology...
September 23, 2010A portion of small businesses are started by entrepreneurs in rural towns with fresh and innovative ideas. One problem, however, is taking the right risks without losing everything. Without risks, these business ideas seldom become...
September 22, 2010Networking’s most commonly spouted precept emphasizes social connections over academic prowess, that is to say, “it’s not what you know, but who.” Sometimes, however, the advantageous nature of those...
September 20, 2010One hundred years ago, roughly 2 billion people walked the Earth. Today, more than three times that amount attempt to eek out an existence, struggling and competing for the planet’s increasingly scant resources. As the world’s...
September 15, 2010Nebraska now has a growing network in place to connect its talented young Nebraskans who live in rural locations across the expansive state. Connecting Young Nebraskans (CYN) was launched by the University of Nebraska Rural Initiative...
September 13, 2010Finding the right market for a new business is complex and paying professionals for research and surveys to find that right market can cost more than the small business owner can afford. Oftentimes these surveys aren’t focused...
August 23, 2010Atlanta, India and Loup City, Neb. That list seems like an unlikely group but thanks to the work of Paul Eurek and Xpanxion Technologies, a major technology business was able to establish a successful local business in the heart...
August 19, 2010As 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...
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