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SitStay’s Jill Liliedahl talks ecommerce, EntreFEST
Next week Jill Liliedahl, founder and CEO of SitStay, will be speaking at EntreFEST, Iowa’s premiere entrepreneurship event. She will be talking about how she revitalized her Lincoln-based ecommerce company. SPN spoke with Liliedahl over the the phone. SPN: What have you been up to at SitStay since you left the StraightShot accelerator last summer? Last December we did…
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Community support on display at Straight Shot acclerator’s demo day
OMAHA—Mark Michuda needed a T-shirt with his Call on the Go logo on it. And he needed it in less than five days, just in time for the Straight Shot demo day Wednesday night. A seemingly minor task, yes, but a big one for an out-of-towner. He posted to the Startup Nebraska Facebook group on…
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Why SitStay, 19 years in, went through an accelerator
If anyone in Nebraska knows the value of a startup accelerator, it’s probably Jill Liliedahl. Last summer, Liliedahl was the Program Manager for NMotion’s inaugural year in Lincoln. This year, she is a participant in Omaha’s Straight Shot, which will host its Demo Day festivities Wednesday evening. “I knew what an accelerator could do for…
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After acquisition, SitStay to stay in Nebraska, modernize and expand
A pair of Nebraska investors have purchased Lincoln-based SitStay and plan to modernize and expand the dog supply website while keeping the company from leaving the state. Monte Froehlich, the Lincoln-based president of US Property, and Ron Osborne, the Omaha-based co-founder and president of SharePlow, last month purchased SitStay from Sumit Birla, the Florida-based co-founder…
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SitStay owner Darcie Krueger offers advice for entrepreneurs
SitStay.com was the first online pet store, and it’s still growing after 15 years. Earlier this week, we profiled owner Darcie Krueger. When I met with Krueger, I asked her to give us some advice for entrepreneurs. Along with “don’t buy the airplane,” another thing Darcie says that’s gotten her company through the down times…
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SitStay stands test of time through 15 years of growth, change
When I arrived at SitStay’s warehouse to interview owner Darcie Krueger, she was finishing up the hiring process with her new customer-service employee. She told me that while I waited for them to wrap up I could play catch with her dog Gibbs. As I was throwing the ball down the office hallway, I could…
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10 years ago in Inc. magazine, tomorrow on Silicon Prairie News
Almost 10 years ago to this day, a Silicon Prairie-based ecommerce startup, SitStay, was featured by Inc., a print and online magazine featuring stories and tips for small business owners. At the time the article was published, SitStay was in its fourth year of operation, and while the previous year saw the iconic dot-com failure…