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TAI’s Prometheus Awards highlight innovation throughout Iowa
Playing on its reputation as the “Academy Awards of Iowa’s high tech industry,” the fifth annual Prometheus Awards took place last night with a Hollywood-style theme, complete with a celebrity photo booth, award statues, plenty of tuxedos, and even a red carpet. The awards are a production of the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) meant…
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SmartyPig CEO to keynote Pitch Refinement Session
The Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) recently announced that Bob Weinschenk, CEO of West Des Moines-based SmartyPig, will share a keynote…
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Quick Pitch Competition awards six student entrepreneurs $1,000
Half a dozen entrepreneurial hopefuls walked away $1,000 each after being declared the winners of the 2010 Make it Happen – Student Quick Pitch Competition last Thursday, February 25. The competition, sponsored by the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship, Southeast Community College Entrepreneurship Center, Lincoln Public Schools’ Entrepreneurship Focus Program and the…
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Sara Dreamer of Habitwise wins Creative Capital Pitch Session II
Congrats to Sara, who pitched A-Wrist-A-Track™ to the nearly 100 people in attendance at last night’s Creative Capital Pitch Session II. Her idea, a set of varying colored bracelets, is used to track daily occurrences, such as eating meals or taking medication. Overtime, she explained, these daily occurrences are sometimes forgotten, but with A-Wrist-A-Track™ they’re…
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Creative Capital Pitch Session II: it’s on!
We’ve rounded out our finalists, enlisted our judges and now just need YOU to play your part and come out to Nomad Lounge tonight at 7:30 to cast your deciding vote! This second pitch session is filled with another solid round of finalists, and a huge thanks to those who took time out to submit…
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Creative Capital Pitch Session II: first finalists
Congratulations to our first set of finalists for our second Pitch Session, brought to you through partnership with Invest Nebraska and Nomad Lounge. Check out the seven below, each with their submitted video. With seven chosen, we’re still accepting submissions to round out our group of 10. Have you submitted one? Don’t hesitate, submit a…
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Creative Capital Pitch Session reminder!
OK folks…so time is running short for you to submit your idea for a chance to not only win $1K, but also present your idea in front of other investors, mentors and entrepreneurs who want to help build the entrepreneurial community in our area. It’s simple…Enter Your Idea!
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Creative Capital Pitch Session II
So, you think you’ve got it? Maybe it came to you at the first pitch session, or Big Omaha, or on your way to work yesterday. Whatever the case, we want to hear it! After a successful first event, we’re excited to announce Creative Capital Pitch Session II: another round of YouTube submissions, another night…
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Creative Capital Pitch Session finalists & details!
We received soooo many good ideas and submissions for InvestNebraska’s first pitch session! So many, that it made it very difficult to narrow them down. In alphabetical-by-first-name order, here are the 10 finalists! Each of the finalists will have the opportunity to present for 5 minutes this coming Thursday at Nomad Lounge! Malorie Maddox from…
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$1000 idea contest – deadline Thursday!
UPDATE 2/4 @ 4:00pm: There have been a lot of questions regarding the deadline for the contest. While the original post said the 10th, we thought the 10 chosen people would need a little time to prepare, so we have moved the due date. All entries should be submitted by Thursday Feb. 5th @ 11:59pm.…