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The Youth Entrepreneurship Clinic at UNL builds founder and STEAM skills in high school students
Increasing attention is being paid to identifying and nurturing entrepreneurial talent at the high school level. The Youth Entrepreneurship Clinics (YEC) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is one such initiative designed to equip high school students with an entrepreneurial mindset and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) skills. “What’s most important is that we…
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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…
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NMotion Labs launches 2017 fall cohort
NMotion Labs, a new 7-week mini accelerator from NMotion, kicked off its inaugural cohort at the beginning of October. The program was previously known as “Prelaunch” and was designed as a way to help potential founders explore their business ideas and establish whether or not those ideas were something that could lead to the launch…
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5 companies debuted products and customers at NMotion Demo Day 2017
Last week’s 5th annual NMotion Demo Day at the Rococo Theater in Lincoln was a thrilling introduction to the 5 startups that just completed the 100 day accelerator program. The evening began with an intro from NMotion Managing Director Beth McKeon and a thanks to representatives from startup heavy-hitters Hudl, Zillow, Nelnet, Opendorse and Bulu…
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Catch a ride to NMotion Demo Day on the OMA/LNK Startup Bus Presented by LPED and SPN
Silicon Prairie News, in cooperation with the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development and NMotion, is proud to announce the OMA/LNK Startup Bus to shuttle community supporters from Omaha to Lincoln for the NMotion Demo Day on Thursday, August 10th. SPN’s recent State of the Silicon Prairie Report recommended that the Lincoln and Omaha startup communities…
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T’Work rebrands as Utilize and moves into contractor and rental company space
Last July, SPN profiled Lincoln startup T’Work, an online peer-to-peer marketplace for tool rentals. Now part of the 2017 NMotion Accelerator cohort, the company is rebranding as Utilize and moving into the contractor and rental company space. “It’s been an interesting journey starting T’Work and seeing the way things can meander,” said Co-Founder Zach Davy.…
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Health Snaps engages patients for better physical therapy results
Three students at the University of Wisconsin were discussing business ideas when one mentioned his experience with a cumbersome paper process during physical therapy. Thinking there had to be a better way, the trio formed Milwaukee-based Health Snaps, a startup currently going through the NMotion Accelerator program. “Max (Zirbel, CTO), Jordan (Mather, CEO) and I…
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Kronfeld Motors wants to bring high-tech autocycle to sports and commuters
Startups like those in the 2017 NMotion Accelerator cohort often refine their product or do a complete pivot during the program. Rich Kronfeld, Founder and CEO of Minnesota-based Kronfeld Motors, doesn’t expect that to happen to him. “I think I know what the product is going to be, it’s not going to change that much,”…
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fyiio tests new markets in video training solutions
When a high school friend asked Alex Kuklinski how to do something technical, he created a video to help her out. In the process he helped out a couple thousand more people and a business idea was hatched. “Tutorials I’ve created have more than 23 million views, seen in every country,” said Kuklinski, Founder and…
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Lincoln accelerator NMotion announces 2017 cohorts
Lincoln, Nebraska accelerator NMotion announced today the five teams selected to participate in their 2017 Program. The teams from Lincoln, Omaha, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis were selected after a months-long interviewing process. “This year, we were very intentional about recruiting startups at the right stage for our accelerator,” said Beth McKeon, Managing Director of NMotion. We…