Lincoln
In early April, I spoke with my colleague Rod Armstrong, vice president for strategic partnerships at the AIM Institute, about the amount and depth of activity AIM is involved with in Lincoln and western Nebraska.
This Thursday evening from 4-6 p.m., AIM’s new Lincoln office will be hosting an open house for folks to stop by and talk with Rod and other staff members about the work and plans for the location.
Read MoreThere’s quite the variety of events headed our way in and around Omaha and Des Moines. We’ve included one, in particular, that is a bit outside of our regular entrepreneurial and creative event postings, but we’ve heard it’s a very cool exhibit –BODIES…The Exhibition.
Hope you can get out, enjoy the nice weather, and the spectacular events we have in our own backyards.
Note: All event descriptions taken from event websites.
Wednesday, April 28 – Johnny Cupcakes Suitcase Tour (Omaha)
Nomad Lounge (1013 Jones St) at 8 p.m.
The Cupcake Mobile…
Read MoreThe first Startup Drinks Lincoln was a resounding success!
I arrived at Dino’s at 6:45 p.m. to find that some people were already there. I guess they were anxious. Not long after that people started trickling in at a steady pace and they just naturally did exactly what I hoped they would do, which was to order a beverage, mingle, and get to know one another. By 7:30 p.m. we had at least 25 people talking to one another and I still hadn’t made any special announcements…
Read MoreThis guest post was written by Toby Schroder, president of Fierce Robot and organizer of Startup Drinks Lincoln. The weather is breaking and what better way to celebrate the last snow melting than with a proper pint of your favorite oat soda while chatting with like-minded, rad Lincoln people, yes I said rad, I’m bringing it back. Since it is our first event, lets go over the basics (some answers totally borrowed from Startup Drinks Atlanta, I couldn’t say it better).
Read MoreWhen you think about it, Google is a bit like God.
People look to both for answers on every topic imaginable, and those same seekers of knowledge actually have little to no idea how either one really works. Thankfully, Toby Schroder of Fierce Robot, a search engine optimization startup that’s been his full-time job for a little over a year, is on the case – at least as…
Read MoreToday’s a big day for college football recruits and all those involved, from the families of the players to the fans of the college programs that add some of the nation’s top talent. Another important player in today’s events is a company out of Lincoln, Agile Sports Technology, whose product, Hudl, is influencing the offers college programs are making to recruits. Check out their press release on PRWeb to learn more:
Hudl’s High-Tech Recruiting Changing the Game
Awesome Camp, an upcoming event celebrating Lincoln’s sundry entrepreneurs, has set its sights on stamping out the mundane nature of the business meeting. Dubbed an unconference, Awesome Camp has no fixed agenda. Instead, it will…
Read MoreA coach’s playbook is his Bible. It’s a tome of knowledge, honed to perfection by decade after decade of stunning victories and crushing defeats. And when it comes time to pen another opus of X’s, O’s and dotted lines, it’s not unusual to draw inspiration from games long since played. In many ways, John Wirtz…
Read MoreAdded last line in first paragraph at 6:10 p.m. Earlier this week, Red Bull Stash, a Facebook campaign developed by Archrival, went live. Conducted solely through Red Bull’s Facebook presence, it’s a scavenger hunt for Red Bull Energy Shots in cities across the U.S. Red Bull is conducting the campaign as a way of saying…
Read MoreThis Tuesday, Lincolnites with have the opportunity to learn the nuances of intellectual property law from a man who knows it backwards and forwards. The latest round of the Lincoln Young Professional Group’s Entrepreneurial Speaker Series will feature Shane Thielen, one of the few intellectual property attorneys in the city. SPN followers may recall that…
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