Catalyst

  • Union Bank & Trust’s Catalyst Initiative goes to work for small businesses

    Union Bank & Trust’s Catalyst Initiative goes to work for small businesses

    Startups often find it challenging to convince traditional lenders to invest in their companies. Through an initiative called Catalyst, Union Bank & Trust in Lincoln is working to change that. “As FinTech continues to blow up, how do we use some of the new thought processes for underwriting?” said Tullen Mabbutt, Catalyst Business Banking Advocate.…

  • Justin Wilcox preaches on Lean Startup movement in Lincoln

    Justin Wilcox learned the hard way how to fail fast.  He worked for Microsoft for five years, helping to create technology behind its Vista operating system before venturing out on his own with Nimbus, a health startup he created that lasted a year and a half. It took him 18 months to realize he built…

  • Catalyst aims to be community meeting space, anti-bank for Lincoln

    A new space in Lincoln’s new West Haymarket wants to be the anti-bank. Catalyst, a new small business and entrepreneurial-focused endeavor by Union Bank and Trust, wants to be the place where the startup community can meet or host a presentation, but also where someone can get resources and guidance on …