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  • NMotion Lunch and Learns dish up tips for aspiring founders

    NMotion Lunch and Learns dish up tips for aspiring founders

    Looking to learn about market competition and financial growth milestones? Lincoln-based NMotion Accelerator is holding a series of virtual informational sessions to help aspiring founders demystify the process of launching a start-up. The events, held weekly on Tuesdays, are free and open to the public. Much of the material covered is what NMotion’s leaders share and…

  • New UP-developed technology builds better, safer trains

    New UP-developed technology builds better, safer trains

    This is a sponsored post from Union Pacific Railroad. The physics involved in operating a freight train are amazingly complicated.  Think about it: thousands of tons of metal rolling on steel wheels over steel rail at speeds up to 80 miles per hour over a variety of terrain—up and down different grades—in all kinds of…

  • Nebraska music festival launches streaming initiative Lincoln Calling TV

    Nebraska music festival launches streaming initiative Lincoln Calling TV

    Lincoln Calling — a long-running music and arts festival in Nebraska’s capital city — is launching a new subscription-based livestreaming initiative that aims to recreate the live music experience on screen. The project, Lincoln Calling TV, is the product of a partnership between the festival and Basement Creators Network (BCN), a Lincoln production company that…

  • Midwest art and music turn to technology to keep making fans—and money

    Midwest art and music turn to technology to keep making fans—and money

    As it has with nearly every aspect of life over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we experience art. With many galleries and performance venues closed or limiting in-person attendance, art organizations and artists across the Midwest are increasingly turning to technology to showcase their work safely and maintain relationships with…

  • Oh Hello wins web design award, strives to break marketing’s glass ceiling 

    Oh Hello wins web design award, strives to break marketing’s glass ceiling 

    The Lincoln-based, woman-led brand development and brand management agency Oh Hello recently won Best Web Design Agency in the Midwest from Corporate Vision Magazine’s Media Innovator Awards.  A panel of expert judges selected Oh Hello in recognition of the agency’s expertise in web design, dedication to customer service and client satisfaction. The award complements a…

  • Mutual of Omaha finds IT talent in its own backyard

    Mutual of Omaha finds IT talent in its own backyard

    This is a sponsored post by Mutual of Omaha. It was written by Annette Allen, technical solution architect. An underwriting supervisor, a UX designer, a sales compensation analyst, a business systems analyst and a customer service rep walk into a classroom. When they walk out, they’re software developers. It’s not a joke, but a reality…

  • Is it over yet? A look back at 2020

    Is it over yet? A look back at 2020

    We have yet to meet anyone who wishes this year would last longer.  From COVID-19 to civil unrest to political and economic turmoil, 2020 brought us a number of challenges and tragedies beyond the scope of this article. If there’s a silver lining, it’s that December is almost over.  So while it might seem premature…

  • Karen Borchert on Flywheel: Building something big, in the middle of somewhere small

    Karen Borchert on Flywheel: Building something big, in the middle of somewhere small

    This guest post written by Karen Borchert, COO of Flywheel, originally appeared in Medium. This March, I was planning to give a speech at SaaStr US, about how our company, Flywheel, built something big, right in the middle of Omaha, Nebraska. This week is my last week at Flywheel, and while the pandemic prevented me from…

  • Op-ed: Our digital recovery: how Iowa’s businesses will bounce back

    Op-ed: Our digital recovery: how Iowa’s businesses will bounce back

    This is an op-ed by Brian Waller, president of the Technology Association of Iowa, a statewide, member-based organization uniting Iowa’s technology community by connecting leaders, developing talent, driving public policy and fostering diversity and inclusion. Such cross-sector partnerships play a role in building the tech workforce and closing the skills gap that Midwestern businesses face…

  • Corn pollinating drone technology earns Iowa City agtech firm $7.5 million investment

    Corn pollinating drone technology earns Iowa City agtech firm $7.5 million investment

    On its own, a corn plant will pollinate itself: the golden tassels topping the slender green shoots that comprise nearly one-third of U.S. cropland naturally release pollen that fertilizes the silky portion of the plant below. This natural process is critical to the country’s number-one feed crop, but experts say fertilization must be facilitated to…