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  • Latest crop of IT managers graduates AIM Tech Leaders Academy

    Latest crop of IT managers graduates AIM Tech Leaders Academy

    The AIM Institute recently held a virtual graduation ceremony in celebration of the latest cohort to complete the nonprofit tech organization’s Advanced Tech Leaders Academy, an intensive leadership development program for technology professionals. Thirty-four participants from 14 companies completed this an annual management course for tech professionals, the goal of which is to enhance leadership…

  • Infotec 2021 virtual conference to feature keynote speaker Mike Smith, co-executive director of Rabble Mill

    Infotec 2021 virtual conference to feature keynote speaker Mike Smith, co-executive director of Rabble Mill

    Life as a tech professional can be hard. Not at Infotec 2021, conference organizers say, previewing a robust virtual digital event experience aimed at helping attendees grow professionally while connecting with other IT and web professionals in the heartland.  After successfully hosting Infotec 2020 in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AIM…

  • Prairie Roots run deep: new virtual conference grows connections in the entrepreneurial ecosystem

    Prairie Roots run deep: new virtual conference grows connections in the entrepreneurial ecosystem

    Last Friday marked the first-ever Prairie Roots Spring Show, a virtual event showcasing a variety of companies, creative projects and causes in that have survived—and in some cases, thrived—in the Midwest despite a tumultuous year. Created and curated by Scott Henderson, managing director of Lincoln-based NMotion Accelerator Studio for gener8tor, Prairie Roots gathered 100 business,…

  • 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…

  • UNeTech levels the playing field for high-risk, high-reward tech startups

    UNeTech levels the playing field for high-risk, high-reward tech startups

    The “valley of death” is a term used in the startup community to refer to the dreaded gap between the discovery of promising new technologies and the bringing to market of commercially viable new products based on those technologies. It is the badlands where risky and possibly disruptive tech goes to die.  Put more formally,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Virtual awards ceremony a first for Omaha’s tech community

    Virtual awards ceremony a first for Omaha’s tech community

    Last night, members of Omaha’s tech and startup communities attended the first-ever virtual version of the AIM Tech Awards, a celebration of local innovators and changemakers in the technology sector.  A prerecorded ceremony streamed on a virtual stage, accompanied by a live chat constantly scrolling with affirmations, congratulations and commentary from attendees. Traditionally held in…

  • Rural Nebraska family winery’s cozy virtual wine tastings a hit with cabin-fevered connoisseurs and casual fans alike

    Rural Nebraska family winery’s cozy virtual wine tastings a hit with cabin-fevered connoisseurs and casual fans alike

    The pandemic may have stopped many in their tracks, but the wine and beer continue to flow. Or at least that’s true of Mac’s Creek Winery and Brewery in Lexington, Nebraska. Faced with the challenge of their shuttered tasting room due to the COVID-19 global pandemic and subsequent lockdown, the family-owned winery and vineyard decided…