Dave Hall – Restore A Muscle Car

Restore A Muscle Car from Nebraska Entrepreneur on Vimeo.

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 members of the Lincoln Young Professionals Group on July 8th to talk about how he started Restore [...]

Big Omaha 2010 Video Wrapup

Check out some videos from Big Omaha 2010.  Nebraska Entrepreneur did a couple interviews with attendees. If you’re reading this on the video page, follow the link for more videos.

Collin Caneva – Lincoln YPG Startup Lessons

Caleb Pollard and the Impact Entrepreneurship Has On Economic Development

There are many ways for communities to pursue economic development, but entrepreneurship pure and simple, has been the driving force behind growth in Valley County.  Caleb Pollard, Executive Director of Valley County Economic Development, goes through the results they’ve seen and the impact it has had on the community.

SCC Entrepreneurship Center Incubator Opens More Space

The Southeast Community College (SCC) Entrepreneurship Center incubator program in Lincoln opened additional business incubator space May 1, 2010.
Tim Mittan, the center’s director, said expanding the incubator office space within Southeast Community College’s building at 285 S. 68th Street Place will enable the incubator to add four new tenants to its current 13.
The SCC Entrepreneurship [...]

Kid Command’s Virtual World Inspiring Kids to Save Real One

As 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 games, it’s no wonder Collin Caneva saw the medium’s potential for educating children about real world problems. [...]

Bo Fishback: The Big Picture

Bo Fishback, vice president of entrepreneurship at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, gave practical advice to entrepreneurs gathered at the 2010 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship.
Fishback, who started his first company when he was 13 years old, said there are two things that matter disproportionately in a startup’s life: your market and your network…

Sorrisos Gourmet Pasta Sauce: From Family Recipe to Store Shelves

Sorrisos 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/

Grow Nebraska Helping Nebraskas Small and Boutique Entrepreneurs

Grow Nebraska from Nebraska Entrepreneur on Vimeo.
Janell Anderson-Ehrke talks about GROW Nebraska and how they help entrepreneurs bring their products to market and the impact they have on economic development.

10 Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make – Event Wrapup

January 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 companies in the Midwest, spoke at Old Chicago in Downtown Lincoln to a crowd of 50 entrepreneurs [...]

Ken Anderson – TASK Lighting

Ken 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 Hall of Fame.

Lincoln YPG Entrepreneurship Speaker Series

Jay 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.

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