rural innovation

  • Striv shows students how to live stream high school events

    Striv shows students how to live stream high school events

    The Henderson, Neb., company has expanded to 66 schools in three years. Taylor Siebert, CEO of Striv, is what some people call a “boomerang” — someone who grew up in Nebraska, left the state and then came back. “I got my degree from Doane and wanted to get out of Nebraska,” Siebert said. “I made…

  • Brent Comstock’s take on StartupCity Spencer in Iowa

    Brent Comstock’s take on StartupCity Spencer in Iowa

      Community leaders of Spencer first reached out to me after my TEDx Lincoln debut in November 2014 with the intention of learning more about the rural innovation program I’ve been working on for about a year now. At first, our conversations were limited to brief email exchanges. It was great to see a group…

  • Watch this gorgeous video about Quantified Ag

    Watch this gorgeous video about Quantified Ag

    Windstream posted this stunning video about Vishal Singh and his Lincoln-based Quantified Ag. Quantified Ag went through the NMotion accelerator in 2014. Windstream is a major supporter of the Silicon Prairie region. (H/t to Aaron Babcock)