Lincoln

  • Why Silicon Valley startup Monolith expanded to Lincoln, Nebraska

    Why Silicon Valley startup Monolith expanded to Lincoln, Nebraska

    Monolith Materials, a Silicon Valley industrial tech startup, announced plans about a year ago to build a carbon black manufacturing plant near Lincoln. This week the company upped the ante by stating its intent to locate its manufacturing headquarters in Lincoln. “We’re taking it a step further,” said co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer Rob Hanson…

  • LifeLoop wins $100,000 investment at Rise of the Rest

    LifeLoop wins $100,000 investment at Rise of the Rest

    AOL co-founder Steve Case and his Rise of the Rest bus tour rolled through Omaha and Lincoln Monday, meeting with business and community leaders in order to drive attention to startup communities outside of Silicon Valley. The day began with a stop at Lauritzen Gardens, followed by a breakfast at The Exchange in downtown Omaha,…

  • Watch “Nebraska Startup Story” featured during Rise of the Rest [Video]

    Watch “Nebraska Startup Story” featured during Rise of the Rest [Video]

    Check out this new video featuring some of Nebraska’s most exciting startup entrepreneurs. “Time is the enemy of every startup,” said Nathan Preheim, co-founder of The Startup Collaborative. “If you were in San Francisco, you might have 12 months. That 12 months is 36 months here in Omaha.” The video features startup stories from Hayneedle,…

  • Trent Fellers leaves Lincoln City Council for tech entrepreneur life

    Trent Fellers leaves Lincoln City Council for tech entrepreneur life

    Trent Fellers faces many challenges as an entrepreneur with his business development consulting company, Five Iron Advisory. “You gotta have customers, sales and then deliver,” Fellers said. “It’s the same struggles as any entrepreneur.” Only Fellers is not a typical entrepreneur.  He is also a member of the Lincoln City Council. “It’s a significant time commitment…

  • Steve Case’s Rise of the Rest will visit Omaha and Lincoln this fall

    Steve Case’s Rise of the Rest will visit Omaha and Lincoln this fall

    Steve Case, entrepreneur and co-founder of America Online, is bringing his Rise of the Rest Road Trip to Nebraska. The announcement was made this morning during a press conference at FUSE Coworking in Lincoln. “We are creating the next legacy companies right now in Lincoln and Omaha,” said Brian Ardinger, Managing Director of the NMotion Accelerator.…

  • Tyler Sprunk, Colin Nabity win JumpStart Challenge in Lincoln

    Tyler Sprunk, Colin Nabity win JumpStart Challenge in Lincoln

    Pizza, beer and more than $2,000 in prizes drew nine teams to pitch in the annual JumpStart Challenge in Lincoln on Saturday afternoon. After a last-minute venue change to the new Haymarket space occupied by Fuse Coworking, the first four pitches tackled the “corporate challenge” posed by the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development. Teams had…

  • 5 startup insights from Lincoln’s top entrepreneurs

    5 startup insights from Lincoln’s top entrepreneurs

    On December 9th Windstream and Inc. sponsored “The Power of Small” at The Grand Manse in Lincoln, Nebraska to discuss the ups and downs of starting a small business. The panel included Jennifer Rosenblatt, co-founder of MusicSpoke and Argyle Octupus, Stephanie Jarrett co-founder of Bulu Box, and Chris Davis, CTO of Travefy. The discussion was moderated…

  • Omaha Code School opens Star City Code School in Lincoln

    Omaha Code School opens Star City Code School in Lincoln

    Omaha Code School is expanding its world-class education program to Nebraska’s capital city. The Omaha Code School (OCS) has had a successful first two years in the community. Now OCS is expanding into the Lincoln market with the Star City Code School (SCCS). SPN sat down with Sumeet Jain and Andrew Ek to learn more. So why Lincoln?…

  • Nebraska Innovation Campus attracts research-based startups and makers

    Nebraska Innovation Campus attracts research-based startups and makers

    Slowly rising out of the former state fairgrounds, Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln, Nebraska, is beginning to take shape. Considerable vacant space remains to be developed over the 20-year planning horizon for Nebraska Innovation Campus (NIC), but three key facilities are completed and occupied: Innovation Commons, the Food Innovation Center, and the Greenhouse Innovation Center.…

  • Watch highlights from Lincoln Startup Week 2015 [Video]

    Watch highlights from Lincoln Startup Week 2015 [Video]

    Silicon Prairie News was at Lincoln Startup Week this year, a week-long celebration of community and innovation in the heart of Lincoln, Nebraska. With events spanning from morning, noon and night every night of the week, SPN sent out Jake Hull with a camera to cover as much of the experience as possible. The city…