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Lincoln’s FileBound quietly thrives, even in tough economic times (Video)
FileBound co-founder Rex Lamb describes his company as “a little Nebraska company no one knows about.” But the numbers paint a different picture. The company’s Lincoln headquarters house 55 employees, and FileBound also has offices in Denver and Tampa, data centers in Chicago and San Francisco and a team of 13 developers in India. Some…
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Show startup smarts and score sweet swag June 19 at SPN’s KC Pub Quiz
Question: What’s better than getting together with your favorite entrepreneurial friends for libations and the chance to show off your vast knowledge of subjects ranging from startups to pop culture? Answer: The chance to win some fantastic prizes while doing all that, of course. You’ll get that chance at our next Kansas City meetup. We’re…
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Prairie Portrait: Josh Coleman of AgLocal
Silicon Prairie News: AgLocal wrapped up 12 weeks at the NewMe Accelerator last month. What were a few of the team’s main takeaways from that experience? | Josh Coleman: That access to networks of influence are key to startups and having the resources they provided are so valuable to young startups like ours. | SPN:…
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Lincoln ecommerce entrepreneur starts app developer meetup group
Brandon Dupsky doesn’t know much about programming, but as an ecommerce entrepreneur, he saw that Lincoln needed a space for app developers to get to know each other. So he started Nebraska Mobile, a meetup group for local app creators to network and collaborate. On May 24, about 24 entrepreneurs, computer science students and local…
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FarmHack: Iowa hopes to open source a small-farming movement
The entrepreneurial spirit of a Startup Weekend is coming soon to a farm in Iowa. FarmHack: Iowa, a project of the National Young Farmers’ Coalition, will bring small farmers together to connect and solve problems. They’ll convene in Mechanicsville and Iowa City, June 20-21. “I’ve always been an entrepreneur,” presenter Grant Schultz said. “I think…