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A familiar startup makes it big, literally, in Lincoln
Four Lincoln tech companies—Hudl, Five Nines, Infogressive and P & L Technology—are featured on bilboards around town as part of a Lincoln Chamber of Commerce campaign. The four made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in 2013. The campaign began in February and is a way for the Lincoln Partnership for Economic…
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Lincoln’s SCC hosts open house for Entrepreneurship Week
Lincoln’s Southeast Community College is celebrating National Entrepreneurship Week with an event on Feb. 19 showcasing its Entrepreneurship Center, located at 285 S. 68th Street. The free, public event will be held from 4:30-6:30 p.m. and provide visitors an opportunity to see what types of resources and programs the center offers. Steve Bors, the center’s new director, will…
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Startup Weekend NEXT comes to Lincoln to bridge gap in community
Lincoln has hosted a Startup Weekend. It also has an accelerator. But been nothing in between—until now. Startup Weekend NEXT, a five-week program for entrepreneurs in between the steps of say a Startup Weekend and being prepared to apply to an accelerator, hopes to bridge a gap in the community…
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Lincoln pediatrician taps Gear Five app to improve employee happiness
A Lincoln pediatrician’s office has been gamified to encourage employees. Gear Five Studio, a Lincoln-based software company that wants to optimize health care by creating positive and fun work environments, turned its app, AMPT, over to Complete Children’s Health this month …
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Lincoln health tech startup Synerscan Technologies rebrands as Nobl
SynerScan Technologies, a healthcare software startup, is changing its name. The Lincoln-based company will rebrand under the name Nobl, which CEO Brett Byman says reflects the startup and healthcare’s mission…
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Catalyst aims to be community meeting space, anti-bank for Lincoln
A new space in Lincoln’s new West Haymarket wants to be the anti-bank. Catalyst, a new small business and entrepreneurial-focused endeavor by Union Bank and Trust, wants to be the place where the startup community can meet or host a presentation, but also where someone can get resources and guidance on …
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Lincoln startup scene one of Journal Star’s biggest business stories of 2013
The startup scene in Lincoln saw some major growth in 2013. So big that it was among the Lincoln Journal Star’s top business stories in 2013. The Journal Star said the growing support system for Lincoln’s startup community has helped accelerate the boom…
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Lincoln-based Lockr aims to make coaching tasks easier, more efficient
The least intriguing part of coaching football is the organization, says Raymonn Adams, a former football player, college coach and founder of a new venture that hopes to make coaches’ lives easier. Coaches want to be on the field, helping their players get better, he said. But he encountered hurdles as a coach at NAIA…
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International Hour of Code event comes to Lincoln Dec. 12
Next month more than 3 million students from 150 countries will come together for more than 21,000 events with one simple mission: teaching people to code. As part of Computer Science Education Week—held internationally…
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Lincoln startup connects hunters, anglers with available outdoor sites
For an experienced entrepreneur like Eric Dinger, finding a field he is passionate about is almost as important as building a business. Now with his newly launched Lincoln-based startup Powderhook—an online marketplace that allows individuals to find places to hunt and fish—Dinger is doing both …