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  • Fourstarzz Media: fueling the growth of influencer marketing

    Fourstarzz Media: fueling the growth of influencer marketing

    Over the past 50 years, business marketing strategies have changed substantially. But there has always been one constant – the power of word-of-mouth marketing. People talking to people has always been one of the most impactful marketing methods.  The rise in social media personalities has hence sparked the interest of many businesses. Now marketers can…

  • 8Qs with a Silicon Prairie Founder: Alice Dittman

    8Qs with a Silicon Prairie Founder: Alice Dittman

    Alice M. Dittman began a long and successful career in banking in 1948, starting with a summer check filing job at what was then First National Bank of Lincoln, at fifty cents an hour. Alice received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska Lincoln in 1952; graduated from the Program of Business…

  • NMotion announces 2018 cohort and changes to program

    NMotion announces 2018 cohort and changes to program

    NMotion, Lincoln’s startup accelerator, has announced its 2018 cohort of teams along with some changes in the program. “Moving forward the aim is to focus on the acceleration of our startups,” said Managing Director Carlos Estrada. “This year we have teams with more traction, and at least 2 or 3 people on their team. We’re…

  • Rena Valentino named new Executive Director of FUSE Coworking

    Rena Valentino named new Executive Director of FUSE Coworking

    Rena Valentino became familiar with FUSE Coworking in Lincoln through her brand strategy consulting business. Now she is preparing to lead FUSE going forward as their new Executive Director. “I’m excited,” she said. “I’ve been working in this community already with my own business as well as some clients.” Valentino won’t be starting from scratch.…

  • Inside/Outside Innovation Summit offers $100,000 in opportunities and brings talent to Lincoln

    Inside/Outside Innovation Summit offers $100,000 in opportunities and brings talent to Lincoln

    Lincoln-based Econic and the Inside/Outside Innovation Podcast team have formally announced the first Inside/Outside Innovation Summit on June 19-21 at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. Billed as the first of its kind in the region, the summit will bring together high-growth startups and corporate innovators. “Companies in every industry are looking to innovate faster…

  • Don’t Panic Labs pioneers “dev-for-equity” model to help startups

    Don’t Panic Labs pioneers “dev-for-equity” model to help startups

    Lincoln based Don’t Panic Labs doesn’t believe that building software should be a matter of uncertainty. “There’s a lot of conventional wisdom right now that says if you’re going to build software and you have all these uncertainties and changes coming for it, basically you can’t architect for it,” said Brian Zimmer, Business Director at…

  • NMotion manager Keevin O’Rourke’s journey from Cedar Rapids to Lincoln

    NMotion manager Keevin O’Rourke’s journey from Cedar Rapids to Lincoln

    A chain of events including an unusual experience at the Iowa Startup Accelerator (ISA) led Keevin O’Rourke from Cedar Rapids to become the new Program Manager at NMotion in Lincoln, Nebraska. “In a nutshell, we were building a feature for somebody else’s product during the ISA,” O’Rourke said. “At any point the owner could roll…

  • Lincoln’s Christina Oldfather on the growing LNK startup scene

    Lincoln’s Christina Oldfather on the growing LNK startup scene

    Christina Oldfather joined the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development (LPED) about three years ago as the Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. SPN recently had a conversation with her about Lincoln’s startup ecosystem. “It’s actually really good timing,” Oldfather said. “Starting this month we’re working more closely with NMotion. Beth (McKeon, NMotion Managing Director) and I…

  • FanWord is a comprehensive college sports app

    FanWord is a comprehensive college sports app

    A tennis scholarship brought Christopher Aumueller from Germany to Nebraska for college. A business idea spawned from the sport’s frustrating lack of attention is keeping him here as the Founder of FanWord, a comprehensive college sports app. “My sophomore year, we qualified for nationals for the first time in school history,” Aumueller said. “There was…

  • Our 10 favorite Nebraska startup stories of 2016

    Our 10 favorite Nebraska startup stories of 2016

    Silicon Prairie News covers the tech startup scene across Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. Here are our most popular stories from Nebraska this year: 1. Quantified Ag’s LED tags light up to identify sick cattle (Lincoln) Nebraska’s famous “fitbit for cows” startup Quantified Ag, founded by Vishal Singh, has continued to move forward this year. As of August, they…