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  • Drive Spotter joins Techstars Mobility in Detroit [Updated]

    Drive Spotter joins Techstars Mobility in Detroit [Updated]

    Transportation analytics startup Drive Spotter will join the 2016 class of Techstars Mobility in Detriot, Michigan. The announcement follows Drive Spotter’s close of a $750,000 seed round in March. Founded in the 2015, Drive Spotter offers a real-time video search engine for commerical fleet managers, vehicle manufacturers and insurance companies. According to their press release, their…

  • Revolve Fine Art connects local artists with local businesses

    Revolve Fine Art connects local artists with local businesses

    After being a lawyer for 11 years in places like Washington D.C. and Los Angeles, Jennifer Barry was at a loss with how to propel her career forward. “I really wanted to get off of the wheel that was practicing law, but I didn’t know what I wanted to do,” said Barry, founder and CEO…

  • MommyAssistant helps parents around the house

    MommyAssistant helps parents around the house

    When MommyAssistant founder Stephanie Feltus and her husband had their first child they started to understand the old adage, “It takes a village.” During the first few weeks of bringing home their baby, Feltus was often asked when her mother was going to come stay with her. Feltus’ mom lived five hours away and had…

  • Gazella Wifi wants to change the way you interact with public wifi

    Gazella Wifi wants to change the way you interact with public wifi

    Eric Burns has always been a busy man. A business owner, a full-time employee, a serial entrepreneur–at one time he owned a bar and worked full time at Gallup, all while working on multiple side projects. “I really wanted to automate everything [at the bar]; payroll, inventory, everything,” said Burns. “There wasn’t an easy way…

  • Raising money for startups: Racehorses vs. Golden Geese

    Raising money for startups: Racehorses vs. Golden Geese

    It is easy for investors to get blinded by startup successes. They forget about the failures. Investors see failed startups as the “other” and act as if failure will not happen to them. They see failure as the result of stupidity and incompetence. They forget that people that fail go on to success, and people who succeed…

  • Straight Shot announces 8 new startups for 2016

    Straight Shot announces 8 new startups for 2016

    Omaha startup accelerator Straight Shot has announced the eight teams that will be participating in this year’s program. The eight teams are: Gazella Wifi (Omaha) Lyconic (Omaha) MotoMetrix (Omaha) Mommy Assistant (Omaha) Omnipointment (Chicago) Revolve Fine Art (Omaha) Rodeo Analytics (Lincoln) Ulytic (Columbia, MO) A couple of the teams will be familiar to SPN readers. Serial entrepreneur Eric Burns of Gazella Wifi is also…

  • Are you ready for startup life?

    Are you ready for startup life?

    Disclaimer: This article is not about being an employee at a tech company. It is about joining a small team of really smart people that are passionate about changing the world and who are pursuing hypergrowth. I wrote this for a presentation I gave at the Raikes Program. The Raikes program is an interdisciplinary business…

  • 7 questions with Omaha.dog’s Leah Thrasher and Jeannie North

    7 questions with Omaha.dog’s Leah Thrasher and Jeannie North

    Leah Thrasher and Jeannie North are the co-founders behind Omaha.dog, a website that offers a comprehensive list of dog friendly businesses in the Omaha metro area. SPN caught up with the ladies (and their dogs, Riloh and Rue) at The Exchange in downtown Omaha. SPN: So how did you guys get started with Omaha.dog? JN:…

  • Borrow for Your Bump wins $10,000 at Get Started Omaha

    Borrow for Your Bump wins $10,000 at Get Started Omaha

    Borrow for Your Bump, an Omaha-based startup that provides high-end maternity clothes to expecting mothers, won $10,000 last night at the 3rd annual Get Started Omaha event. Hundreds gathered at the sold out event at the Holland Performing Arts Center to watch five businesses pitch their best ideas to a panel of five judges. The…

  • AIM and OSC celebrate the grand (re)opening of The AIM Exchange

    AIM and OSC celebrate the grand (re)opening of The AIM Exchange

    AIM and the Omaha Startup Collaborative are celebrating the “grand (re)opening” of The AIM Exchange, a new space for entrepreneurs to “meet up, start up, move up” in downtown Omaha. The public opening culminates months of renovation of the 100-year-old Grain Exchange building at 1905 Harney Street. The building is already home to well-known area…