sports

  • From Now On offers a unique gameday experience at Omaha’s Baxter Arena

    From Now On offers a unique gameday experience at Omaha’s Baxter Arena

    “It’s to create a great game day,” said Sue Thaden, CEO and President at Client Resources Inc. (CRi) and From Now On, LLC. With over 4,300 active users within the first few months, Mav X works by enabling push notifications to a fan’s phone, as well as providing live stats, team and player information. Thaden explained that…

  • MyRacePass moves to Lincoln to make waves across the country

    MyRacePass moves to Lincoln to make waves across the country

    For Josh Holt, Zach Calmus, and Ross Vaneck, the founders of MyRacePass, the go-to social network for all things racing, you won’t find any family ties to Lincoln, Nebraska. There wasn’t a friendly couch in town to sleep on until they found their feet. Yet the group decided to pick up their company from South…

  • Platte River Bicycle Goods offers cyclists a subscription box for gear

    Platte River Bicycle Goods offers cyclists a subscription box for gear

    Other monthly subscription boxes for cyclists focus on nutrition. This one’s for equipment. Craig Nashleanas and Christopher Halbkat, co-founders of Platte River Bicycle Goods, first met in 2012 at Halbkat’s custom bicycle build shop in Omaha. “I was living in Dundee when I heard about a new local bike shop,” said Nashleanas. “I ended up having Christopher completely…

  • Powderhook’s “Yik Yak for the outdoors” marks a major pivot [Updated]

    Powderhook’s “Yik Yak for the outdoors” marks a major pivot [Updated]

    After trying out a web-based marketplace for hunting and fishing on private land, Powderhook is trying a whole new approach to their mission–a “Yik Yak for the outdoors.” Until now, Powderhook has been developing a web-based platform that helps people find places to hunt and fish on private lands. What the company discovered is that young people who use…

  • How Edge Up Sports blew past their Kickstarter goal

    How Edge Up Sports blew past their Kickstarter goal

    Edge Up Sports CEO and Head Coach Ilya Tabakh wants to make a better fantasy football experience. With more than 117 million NFL fans, why shouldn’t more people be playing fantasy football? After more than 10 years of playing fantasy football and wasting 2-8 hours a week doing research for his team, Tabakh thought there…

  • Why sports app Spectator decided to pivot

    Why sports app Spectator decided to pivot

    Two weeks after arriving at the NMotion Accelerator in Lincoln, Nebraska, Jon Myers of Spectator realized that in order to survive, his company would have to reimagine what it was. “We didn’t have a real buyer. Everybody loved the service, they loved what it could do, but nobody was willing to pay for it,” Myers said of their original sports app…

  • Rodeo Analytics wants to shake up barrel racing

    Rodeo Analytics wants to shake up barrel racing

    Technology and sports fit together like a hand in a well oiled baseball mit. From athlete wearables to instant replay, new technology has revolutionized the way sports like football, baseball and basketball are played and watched. When we asked Alex Adams of Rodeo Analytics if there was a place for technology in rodeo, the answer…

  • Fanstreamm helps minor league teams know their customers—and sell more tickets

    Fanstreamm helps minor league teams know their customers—and sell more tickets

    This time last year, Fanstreamm won Startup Weekend Cedar Rapids and was about three weeks into Lincoln’s NMotion startup accelerator – with a different name and a different concept. It’s been “a whirlwind of a year,” said founder Jason Kristufek. Back then, Turnstile Cards was a mobile marketing platform based on the initial assumption that country’s…

  • How will Hudl’s new 7-story HQ fit into Lincoln’s Haymarket?

    How will Hudl’s new 7-story HQ fit into Lincoln’s Haymarket?

    The first phase of Hudl’s new Lincoln headquarters development passed inspection by two city committees yesterday afternoon. With one opponent and a couple of abstentions, Lincoln’s Urban Design Committee and Historic Preservation Commission voted to recommend approval of an exception to Haymarket building height restrictions. The exception will allow Hudl to build a 7-story structure that…

  • Hudl to host open house at new Omaha office

    Hudl to host open house at new Omaha office

    OMAHA— Hudl is ready to pull the curtain back on its new Omaha office that opened at the beginning of September. The sports video software company has planned an Oct. 14 open house from 5-9 p.m. at the new space, 1013 Jones St. The office, which used to be the Nomad Lounge, is just south…