The Startup Collaborative

  • Startup Omaha Week | Day 3 Recap

    Startup Omaha Week | Day 3 Recap

    Startup Omaha Week Day 3 was packed with advice and resources from funders, founders and support organizations. Explore takeaways from the day.

  • The Startup Collaborative launches All Rise Rally community building series

    The Startup Collaborative launches All Rise Rally community building series

    Last night, The Startup Collaborative welcomed their fellows, as well as residents, supporters and community builders, to the first ever All Rise Rally, a new monthly event described as part fellow Initiation, part badging ceremony, part tribe building. “The All Rise Rallies are meant the celebrate and shine a light on the brave men and…

  • LEVELS 1 through 4: What are we really asking of teams?

    LEVELS 1 through 4: What are we really asking of teams?

    This is the part of a multi-part series authored by The Startup Collaborative cofounding team: The Death (or Evolution) of Startup Accelerators and Incubators as We Know Them! Recently, we have tried to shed more light on why elements of The Startup Collaborative’s methodology has taken form in the manner it has. Stories about launching…

  • Why Isn’t Your MVP a Prototype?

    Why Isn’t Your MVP a Prototype?

    This is the fourth of a multi-part series authored by The Startup Collaborative cofounding team: The Death (or Evolution) of Startup Accelerators and Incubators as We Know Them! __ Would you build a house before you knew how many bedrooms you needed? Would you buy a car without first deciding if you were in the…

  • Startup messaging: Your story is your strategy

    Startup messaging: Your story is your strategy

    This is the third installment of a multi-part series authored by The Startup Collaborative cofounding team: The Death (or Evolution) of Startup Accelerators and Incubators as We Know Them! –– Your startup’s story IS your startup’s strategy, at least according to Ben Horowitz. We tend to agree at The Startup Collaborative. Casting a vision, clearly…

  • The world needs more co-founders

    The world needs more co-founders

    This is the second of a multi-part series authored by The Startup Collaborative co-founding team: The Death (or Evolution) of Startup Accelerators and Incubators as We Know Them! __ It’s fitting that my favorite band is Kings of Convenience. Two musicians. Two acoustic guitars. Two voices that sing as one. The duet is a work of…

  • Eliminate Zombies: Launch with 20 customers in sight

    Eliminate Zombies: Launch with 20 customers in sight

    This is the first of a multi-part series authored by The Startup Collaborative co-founding team: The Death (or Evolution) of Startup Accelerators and Incubators as We Know Them! –– It astounds me when a want-to-be entrepreneur spends the better portion of a meeting talking about their solution. When asked, “Who is your buyer?” they stumble and…

  • Memosnag moves from the valley to the prairie, works to make customers’ lives easier

    Memosnag moves from the valley to the prairie, works to make customers’ lives easier

    On Christmas Eve of 2015, Kim Perkins was helping to unpack a moving truck that had just brought her family from California to Omaha. Perkins and her husband, Lorenzo Staunovo Polacco, moved to the Midwest in the heart of winter to pursue their tech careers in the Silicon Prairie. “We decided to move to Omaha…

  • Omaha Startup Week reveals branding and schedule

    Omaha Startup Week reveals branding and schedule

    Omaha Startup Week organizers recently released this year’s logo and schedule. Founded in 2016, Omaha Startup Week is a five-day celebration from May 1-6 of the local community and its entrepreneurial identity. This year’s focus topics include Startup, Investment, Design, Dev, Inclusivity, Corporate Innovation, Modern Marketing, Fintech, and Community. Omaha Startup Week presented by Cox…

  • Omaha’s JumpStart Challenge awards over $10,000 in prizes to winning concepts

    Omaha’s JumpStart Challenge awards over $10,000 in prizes to winning concepts

    Omaha’s first JumpStart Challenge of 2017 wrapped up on Tuesday with three participants winning over $10,000 in prizes. The 16 participants presented their concepts on stage at the Blue Barn Theater. The presentations featured solutions to three reverse pitch challenges from The City of Omaha, Metropolitan Area Planning Agency (MAPA), and Metropolitan Community College given…