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Archrival founders, investors buy back company from Dachis Group
Remember about two-and-a-half years ago when Dachis Group, a venture-backed Austin startup that builds social media marketing tools, snapped up Lincoln, Neb.-based youth branding agency Archrival? Well, the deal has been undone. Archrival co-founders Clint! Runge and Charlie Hull along with a group of undisclosed, Nebraska-based minority investors …
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Lincoln rebranding inspired by Archrival founders’”FLYOVER” talk
Live music on downtown street corners every Friday. Fun and quirky messages written on the city’s bike paths. A random day of free downtown parking for all, courtesy of a local business. They’re all ideas that help …
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Prairie Moves: Dave Medema, Erik Antonson, Charise Flynn and more
Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please…
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Entrepreneurs honored, business ideas pitched at innovation events
The Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship started last week with Innovation Night on Monday and then Tuesday held a venture competition, the Nebraska Innovation Competition. At this year’s Innovation Night, current entrepreneurs were honored with the Nebraska Distinguished Entrepreneur Award. This year’s recipients were Charlie Hull and Clint Runge of Archrival, Steve Kiene of Nebraska Global…
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First Look: Archrival’s new office
Yesterday afternoon, I made a stop by Archrival’s expanded and remodeled office (720 O Street) to catch up with co-founders Charles Hull and Clint! Runge for the first time since they were acquired by Dachis Group last month. I also received a tour of their new digs, which they moved into earlier this week. The…
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Archrival acquired by Dachis Group
Archrival, a Lincoln-based social youth marketing consultancy, has been acquired by Dachis Group, a Social Business consultancy headquartered in Austin, Texas. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed. According to Dachis Group, the acquisition provides their consultancy crucial insight and expertise to an important demographic for Dachis clients – youth – and significantly bolsters…
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$50K investment up for grabs at competition
Beginning at 1 p.m. this Friday, seven finalists will present their business plans in the East-2-West New Venture Competition in hopes of securing the $50,000 investment from Invest Nebraska Corporation, the host of the event. The contestant lineup is solid, with an array of industries represented. In exchange for the investment, the winner is required…
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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…
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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…
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SPN interviews Charles Hull of Archrival
Without further ado, our interview with Charles Hull of Archrival, a brand strategy and design agency out of Lincoln! Charles spoke at last month’s Cornstalks at the Omaha Chamber, and we wanted to give those who missed the event an opportunity to listen to the interview we cut with him… Enjoy and you can follow…