MVF

  • MVF: Networking dinner to highlight innovation in tough economic times

    For this month’s Midlands Venture Forum (MVF) meeting, the regular Omaha attendees will be making their annual trek to Lincoln for a networking dinner at the Cornhusker Hotel (333 S. 13 St) on Thursday, November 19th. The topic of the evening will be “Innovation in Tough Economic Times – Strategies to Transform Outlook,” and the…

  • MVF Update: Change of speaker at tonight’s Entrepreneur Networking Reception

    I just received a note from Dennis Wellendorf, executive director of the Midlands Venture Forum (MVF), that tonight’s scheduled speaker is unable to make it due to a travel conflict. No need to worry though, they quickly found an excellent replacement, Omahan Stephanie Healy. She’ll be sharing her story about founding a startup with her…

  • MVF: Entrepreneur Networking Reception Thursday

    Midlands Venture Forum (MVF), an organization we partnered with earlier this year to promote and share video of their events, will be hosting an Entrepreneur Networking Reception this Thursday at DJ’s Dugout (114th & W. Dodge in Miracle Hills). Most often, their get-togethers take place at the Scott Conference Center and include a cocktail hour,…

  • MVF: High growth business initiatives discussed at June’s networking dinner

    I apologize for my tardiness on posting this video. Through our partnership with the Midlands Venture Forum, we’ve agreed to post video of all of their events. Although this took place over a month ago, I still strongly encourage you to check it out as it covers the current efforts of four people and organizations…

  • Two free tickets to Thursday, June 18 MVF event

    Midlands Venture Forum (MVF) has given us two tickets to give away for this Thursday’s Networking Dinner, titled “Initiatives to Spur High Growth Businesses in Nebraska.” A $45 ticket, the event will be held at the Scott Conference Center, 6450 Pine St., and it includes: Cocktails starting at 5:30 p.m. Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Program…

  • MVF: High growth business initiatives to be discussed Thursday, June 18

    Over the past few months, there’s been a buzz around Omaha about new initiatives and organizations forming to accelerate the growth of our start up community. Midlands Venture Forum, who we’ve partnered with to publicize and rebroadcast its events, is holding a panel next Thursday to address that buzz. The event, MVF’s periodic “Networking Dinner,”…

  • MVF: Your first steps of entrepreneurship: the ABCs

    Last Thursday, about 40 people gathered at Champion’s Club for Midlands Venture Forum’s Educational Lunch Session to hear three service professionals offer their best advice for entrepreneurs The first, Steve Amen, J.D., a partner with Kutak Rock LLP, focused on how to decide which type of business entity you want to establish, how to choose…

  • MVF: Educational lunch session Thursday, June 4

    If you missed the opportunity to pick the brains of last week’s Cornstalks’ panel, you’ll definitely want to check out Midlands Venture Forum this Thursday. They’re offering a similar panel, titled, “Your First Steps of Entrepreneurship: The ‘ABC’s.’”

  • Weekly Wrap Up

    Every Friday, we’ll be linking to the previous week’s news that pertains to “SPNers” and listing the upcoming week’s events that pique our interest. News of Last Week 4/3 – NE Creative: Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska Website, GoodTwin Design 4/4 – AP: Lincoln, Omaha named to Forbes list of best metros 4/5 – AP:…

  • MVF: April Kelly of LinkedIn speaks at educational lunch session

    A couple Fridays ago, about 60 Midlands Venture Forum members and non-members gathered over the lunch hour to hear April Kelly, Director of the LinkedIn Service Center, present on ways to harness the power of social networking sites. At the opening of her presentation, Kelly asked the audience: “How many of you Google yourself?” After…