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MarkeTech speaker Jennifer Rosenblatt on content marketing for new companies
AIM and GROW Nebraska are co-sponsoring the annual MarkeTECH Conference at the Kearney Holiday Inn Conference Center on April 26-27 in Kearney, Nebraska. The conference is billed as a place “where marketing and technology meet,” and provides an opportunity for small businesses and support organizations to learn from industry leaders on topics like e-commerce, social…
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NMotion announces 6 new teams for its 2016 cohort
NMotion, the startup accelerator based in Lincoln, Nebraska, announced the six startups accepted into the 2016 Summer program. This year’s cohort includes startups in AgTech, SportsTech and MarketingTech with team members coming from around the country including Lincoln, Omaha, Florida and California. “We had an incredibly strong and competitive application pool this year. On average,…
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VentureTech’s Joseph Knecht: “The ecosystem of B2B buying is changing dramatically”
Joseph Knecht came to Nebraska from New York 20 years ago to pursue an advanced degree. He met some like-minded people, got involved with a startup, and never left. Today Knecht and his partners head a successful Lincoln-based venture creation company called VentureTech. The company rapidly validates, builds and launches high-growth, B2B-targeted Software as a…
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miTRAX helps patients and doctors track post-op recovery
Lincoln startup miTRAX is working on a solution that will help health care providers improve work flow efficiency and patient outcomes with the goal of improved care and reduced expense. “Our business is patient/procedure management in the orthopedic space,” said Rob Barie, President of miTRAX. “We’ve taken patient education, engagement and outcomes and created a…
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Hollman Media’s Travis Hollman talks marketing, technology and MarkeTECH
AIM and GROW Nebraska are co-sponsoring the annual MarkeTECH Conference at the Kearney Holiday Inn Conference Center on April 26-27. The conference is billed as a place “where marketing and technology meet,” and provides an opportunity for small businesses and support organizations to learn from industry leaders on topics like e-commerce, social media and building…
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Striv shows students how to live stream high school events
The Henderson, Neb., company has expanded to 66 schools in three years. Taylor Siebert, CEO of Striv, is what some people call a “boomerang” — someone who grew up in Nebraska, left the state and then came back. “I got my degree from Doane and wanted to get out of Nebraska,” Siebert said. “I made…
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Omaha Code School opens Star City Code School in Lincoln
Omaha Code School is expanding its world-class education program to Nebraska’s capital city. The Omaha Code School (OCS) has had a successful first two years in the community. Now OCS is expanding into the Lincoln market with the Star City Code School (SCCS). SPN sat down with Sumeet Jain and Andrew Ek to learn more. So why Lincoln?…
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Nebraska Innovation Campus attracts research-based startups and makers
Slowly rising out of the former state fairgrounds, Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln, Nebraska, is beginning to take shape. Considerable vacant space remains to be developed over the 20-year planning horizon for Nebraska Innovation Campus (NIC), but three key facilities are completed and occupied: Innovation Commons, the Food Innovation Center, and the Greenhouse Innovation Center.…
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What central Nebraska needs
To be innovative, central Nebraska must face its own risk-averse culture and diverse community identities. In our series on entrepreneurship in central Nebraska, several themes recur: A strong foundation of pride in seeing local companies succeed and grow, tempered by a conservative and somewhat risk-averse culture Space and support resources for entrepreneurs in place or planned, but not…
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Kearney, Nebraska’s tech community thrives on “rural sourcing”
Central Nebraska is defining the future of small town America with tech startups, dev shops and amenities for young talent. Intellicom, a Kearney-based technology solutions provider, recently celebrated its 20-year anniversary in business. The company has grown from a local startup to a regional company, providing services throughout central Nebraska. Dan Shundoff, CEO and President, thinks the…