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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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Lincoln announces plan to install downtown fiber grid
Unite Private Networks and the City of Lincoln will form a joint public-private partnership to place a grid of telecommunication fiber in downtown Lincoln. Lincoln mayor Chris Beutler outlined the plan during a press conference today, where he said that the city will finance a grid of conduits that will ultimately hold fiber from Unite…
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Watch now: Archrival founders present at Capital Insights (Video)
As a follow up to one of our most-read stories this week, we’re posting the full video of the Archrival co-founders taking the stage at the Capital Insights event put on by the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce’s Young Professionals Group on November 30. For our recap of Clint! Runge and Charlie Hull’s “Charlie Rose style”…
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Capital Insights: From car wash client to company acquisition, Archrival founders reflect on growth
In January 2010, Archrival founders Clint! Runge and Charlie Hull agreed: they were bored. “Things are going pretty well,” they said. “What should we do to shake things up?” Two weeks later, Runge had a voicemail from Jeffrey Dachis, which ultimately led to Dachis Group acquiring the youth marketing firm in November 2010. On Wednesday,…
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Nebraska Global’s Patrick Smith ‘Faces Chamber’ to talk VC in NE
Patrick Smith spoke at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce’s most recent “Face the Chamber” luncheon on Wednesday, and Nebraska Entrepreneur was on hand to film Smith’s talk. Smith, a principal and COO at Nebraska Global, delivered a talk on the investment landscape in Nebraska as a whole and on the activities at his company in…
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Lincoln Chamber awards Firespring Small Business of the Year
Shortly after posting our interview with Jay Wilkinson this morning, some great news came out about his company, Firespring. At yesterday’s Lincoln Chamber of Commerce’s 14th Annual Celebrate Business Luncheon, Firespring was announced as the 2009 Small Business of the Year. Congratulations to Jay and his team, and to read more about yesterday’s event, check…