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Sen. Heath Mello discusses economic development at Cornstalks
July’s Cornstalks, an Omaha Chamber-hosted meetup for aspiring and current high-growth entrepreneurs, featured Nebraska State Senator Heath Mello speaking about entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic development. Mello’s opening remarks, which are featured in the seven minute video below, focused on efforts to grow Nebraska’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. He said: “There’s a lot of people…
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Survey for Nebraska’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Task Force
Earlier this year we wrote about our visit to the State Capitol to testify to a subcommittee of the Nebraska Legislature on behalf of LB 1109 – Adopt the Nebraska Innovation and High Wage Employment Act: Silicon Prairie News testifies on behalf of Nebraska Innovation Act. As things have moved forward in response to the…
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Nebraska Innovation and High Wage Employment Act moving forward
You may recall that a few months ago, Jeff and I, along with several others, went to the State Capitol to testify in support of a bill (LB1109) that would provide funding to research ways that the state of Nebraska can better support high-growth entrepreneurs. Late last week we received good news that the Nebraska…
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Silicon Prairie News testifies on behalf of Nebraska Innovation Act
Last Thursday, Silicon Prairie News had the opportunity to testify in the Nebraska Legislature on behalf of LB 1109 – Adopt the Nebraska Innovation and High Wage Employment Act. The proposed bill, introduced by State Senator Conrad (pictured left), calls for the creation of a task force to investigate the entrepreneurial…