21st Century Systems

  • SBIR grants explained & impact on region analyzed

    (21st Century Systems, left, is an Omaha-based SBIR recipient.) Guest post by Tom Chapman: In January, I contributed a guest post to Silicon Prairie News that discussed the reasons for measuring venture capital as a bellwether for investment and investible deals (Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem: what does success look like?). Another…

  • Interview with Ken Moreano on Scott Technology Center, Innovation Accelerator

    Last week, the Omaha World-Herald ran a story on the Scott Technology Center (pictured above) describing its partnership with the Innovation Accelerator. We’re very excited about the Innovation Accelerator (which has been in the works for some time) and can’t wait to be able to help promote and unveil more information about the organization when it’s…

  • MVF: Thursday networking dinner to focus on turnarounds and restarts

    Tomorrow’s Midlands Venture Forum’s quarterly Networking Reception will feature Craig Tuttle, President and CEO of Transgenomic, speaking on the topic of “turnarounds and restarts.” The goal of MVF, which has been in existence since 2000, is to enable entrepreneurs, investors and service providers to collaborate. At these receptions, the opportunity to mingle is not only…

  • Eelios’ weather app hits the App Store

    Today was a big day for the team at Êelios, Inc., a spin-off subsidiary of 21st Century Systems, Inc. (21CSI). Their location-based personal weather app, WxFix, became available for purchase in Apple’s App Store. This morning, they shared the good news in a blog entry. It began: Well, we finally got our new WxFix “Lifestyle…

  • MVF: Thursday’s networking dinner to focus on bootstrapping

    Midlands Venture Forum (MVF), an organization we partnered with earlier this year to promote and share video of their events, will be hosting a Networking Dinner this Thursday. The focus of the panel assembled will be to discuss the topic of the evening, “Growing Business Through Bootstrapping and Other Capital-Efficient Means” You may recognize a…

  • SPN interviews Dave Andersen of Eelios

    SPN recently had the opportunity to interview Eelios, a spinoff of 21CSI, at their office located in the Scott Technology Center. Eelios is leveraging, and taking to the commercial market, “intelligent” decision support software technology that 21CSI has developed and fielded for use in a variety of government programs. Through the adaptation of 21CSI’s technology,…