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NMotion’s Turnstile Cards team releases app for Lincoln Saltdogs
An idea that began at a Startup Weekend in Cedar Rapids and is evolving through the NMotion accelerator came to fruition this week. Turnstile Cards set out to create digital collectible cards for sports teams, and this week, released its first app, a prototype for minor league baseball team Lincoln’s Saltdogs.
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Meet us in the middle for the Nebraska Halfway Point Meetup tomorrow
It feels like forever since our last Nebraska meetup at Krug Park. So much has happened in the region over the past few months, and we are thrilled to gather with both the Lincoln and Omaha friends tomorrow for a unique, joint meetup…
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NMotion, Straight Shot & SPN partner for Aug. 12 “Halfway Point Meetup”
Silicon Prairie News is partnering with Nebraska’s two startup accelerator programs for a unique meetup that will attempt to engage the Omaha and Lincoln communities. Lincoln’s NMotion and Omaha’s Straight Shot saw the launch of their programs in early June. As we reach August, the respective classes are passing the halfway point. With the last…
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Hip Pocket’s web app helps Union Bank & Trust talk with customers
In the past 25 years, walk-in traffic at banks has dropped 90 percent. And with that decline, so has the opportunity to talk with customers.
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NMotion announces startups for second accelerator class
Seven startups—three with a sports emphasis—were selected for NMotion, the Lincoln startup accelerator beginning June 2. This year’s cohort includes local startups Adolade, Digi Widgets, MusicSpoke and Pixobot, along with out-of-state startups Turnstile Cards, Commissioner.io, and Athletepreneur who will be moving to Lincoln…
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Nebraska accelerator deadlines approaching at end of March
Two Nebraska accelerators, NMotion in Lincoln and Straight Shot in Omaha, have application deadlines looming. Applications for NMotion, a 14-week summer program with an emphasis on high-growth software and technology-based startups in agriculture, healthcare, education…
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JumpStart pairs tech with industry to find answers to everyday problems
In 2013, the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development (LPED) paired with Lincoln techies and BryanLGH hospital to help find the best tech solution to everyday problems in healthcare, with NMotion alum Synerscan—now Nobl—finding success through the event. In 2014, JumpStart Challenge, a new program from LPED, aims to solve the same everyday challenges, but this time with four…
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NMotion’s inaugural class shows off 12 weeks of work at Demo Day
It’s over. After twelve weeks of hard work, the five companies chosen to take part in Lincoln startup accelerator NMotion’s inaugural class presented their products at Thursday’s Demo Day. “We’re here to celebrate our first graduating class,” said Brian Ardinger, managing director of NMotion. “And more importantly, we have people in the room to keep…
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Lincoln Startup Week, Startup Weekend set to return in September
Demo Day. Startup Weekend. Tech Crawl. Startup Olympics? Yup, Lincoln is getting its entrepreneurs off their keyboards and behind the steering wheels of go-karts for the Startup Olympics. The inaugural games will be one of more than a dozen events over a nine-day period in September that make up Lincoln Startup Week, a celebration of…