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Meet SPN in Kearney this Weekend for Back-to-Back Events
The SPN team is heading to Kearney to host a Friday evening happy hour, and the 10 Hour Challenge on Saturday. See you there?
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Upcoming events
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- Check out a startup event tripleheader in Lincoln on Friday, April 26 starting with VC Office Hours with the Husker Venture Fund, 2:30-3:30pm at The Barnyard. Startup Shop Talk on Hiring & Firing will immediately follow in the same space, 3:30-4:30pm. The event trio ends with Founders & Friends Happy Hour next door at Bierhaus Maisschaler. No advance registration required.
- RSVP to meet our team at the SPN Meetup in Kearney, Friday, April 26, 5-7pm at Thunderhead Brewing Company.
- Save your spot for the 2024 National Small Business Week (NSBW) Two Day Virtual Summit hosted by the U.S. Small Business Administration and SCORE, Tuesday, April 30 and Wednesday, May 1.
- Attend Broadening Participation in Startups: Funding + Support Resources for Innovators hosted by NUtech Ventures, 10:15-11:45am, Wednesday, May 1 at University of Nebraska-Lincoln East Campus Union, Great Plains Room A.
- You’re invited to the Turbine Flats 2024 Crawfish Boil, Friday, May 3, 5-8pm at Turbine Flats in Lincoln.
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ICYMI: Updates from around the ecosystem
Have an announcement or event you’d like to share? Send it to tips@siliconprairienews.com.
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- No More Empty Pots recently opened the Micro Market, a small organic grocery store at the Highlander Accelerator in North Omaha.
- Kiewit Corporation Chief Information Officer Chris Dill will serve as the 2024 Chair of the Tech Nebraska Executive Committee and Advisory Board.
- Read: Bellevue cybersecurity campus ‘full speed ahead’ despite falling short of state funds sought from the Nebraska Examiner.
- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to ban noncompete agreements nationwide across industries in order to promote competition and innovation, and foster new business formation.
- Gov. Jim Pillen appointed Matthew McCarville, the University of Colorado’s former chief information officer, as Nebraska’s newest CIO.
10-Hour Challenge
The 10 Hour Challenge is heading to the University of Nebraska at Kearney for a one-day hackathon on Saturday, April 27.
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