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InsurTech startup SafetyNet is using insurance to increase Americans’ financial security
SafetyNet, a Madison, Wisconsin-based insurance tech startup, is hoping to solve a problem that plagues nearly half of all Americans. “A Fed[eral Reserve] report said that almost half of Americans can’t afford to pay a $400 surprise expense,” said Mark Greene, Director of Innovation at SafetyNet. “Other stats say more than half of Americans don’t…
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David Dugger shares his passion for tech education with high school students
Instructor and tech professional David Dugger has a first-hand understanding of the frustrations and challenges faced by his students at the AIM Brain Exchange in downtown Omaha. Afterall, it was less than a year ago that he was living in a storage room with $70 to his name and a dead end part-time job with…
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Entrepreneur Kaitlyn Hova is changing the relationship between creativity and tech
What do you get when you combine a web developer, a neuroscientist, a violinist and a 3D printer? You get Kaitlyn Hova, a multi talented tech entrepreneur whose unique combination of interests is getting her recognized on a national scale. Next month, Hova will be speaking at UNOmaha’s CodeCrush Summer Summit, an event geared toward…
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Do Space fellows prepare to showcase their summer grant projects
This summer, Do Space awarded their first summer Innovation Fellowships to two Omaha-area educators and a non-profit innovator focused on literacy. The three fellows each received a $10,000 stipend to create groundbreaking projects in 3D printing, robotics, and software development that can eventually be implemented throughout the city of Omaha. Recipients of the stipend have…
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Dundee Venture Capital’s Mark Hasebroock named Nebraska’s first Kauffman Fellow
Mark Hasebroock, founder of Omaha-based Dundee Venture Capital, was recently selected as a member of the Kauffman Fellows’ current class. He is one of 51 members chosen from around the world and has the unique distinction of being the first Kauffman Fellow from the state of Nebraska. Kauffman Fellows is a prestigious two-year program that…
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QA with HDC keynote speaker and Docker Captain Dan Wahlin
SPN caught up with author, speaker and Docker Captian Dan Wahlin to discuss Docker and his upcoming keynote presentation at this year’s HDC conference on September 6-8. Dan Wahlin founded Wahlin Consulting which provides training, consulting and architecture services on Web technologies such as Angular, Node.js, Express, JavaScript, TypeScript, C#, ASP.NET Core, Web API, Microservices,…
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DivvyHQ adds Robert Rose to Board of Directors, launches version 3.0
Kansas City-based DivvyHQ, an industry leading content planning and collaboration platform, recently added top content marketing thought leader, speaker, and author Robert Rose to their Board of Directors. The addition of Rose coincided with the company phasing in their recently updated 3.0 platform. “DivvyHQ is filling a critical need for content and marketing teams to…
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The Nebraska Builder Initiative is changing entrepreneurship and education
The Nebraska Builder Initiative held their first event last week at the Gallup Riverfront Campus. The event featured guest speakers from across Nebraska’s business ecosystem as well as a presentation and business launch by students from the program’s first cohort. The Nebraska Builder Initiative is designed to identify key entrepreneurial talents in students known as…
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Proxibid Appoints Damon Peters Chief Marketing Officer
Last month, Proxibid, welcomed Damon Peters to their executive staff. Peters was appointed Chief Marketing Officer, a new role within the company. Peters moved to Omaha from Salt Lake City where he most recently served as Vice President of Marketing at Overstock.com, where he oversaw the company’s digital marketing business. Peters said he wasn’t originally…
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The Nebraska Builder Initiative launches this week at Gallup’s Riverfront Campus
On June 28, Gallup, along with The Clifton Foundation, The Strengths Lab and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Clifton Strengths Institute, will host a presentation of The Nebraska Builder Initiative, an intense four-week summer program that challenged students to develop and start a profitable business. The new program allows students to learn more about their own…