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Nebraska Angels provide $500k seed funding to MRail
(Left: Photo pointing out a selection of the components of MRail’s technology. Courtesy of the Nebraska Angels.) MRail, a Nebraska-based company developing technologies for the rail services sector, has obtained $500,000 in seed funding from members of the Nebraska Angels. The terms of the deal…
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The entrepreneurial excitement at Peter Kiewit Institute
While designed to meet the needs of students interested in information science, technology and engineering, the University of Nebraska’s Peter Kiewit Institute (PKI) also serves as a staple for connecting students from business to industry. For some students, the latter translates into getting a degree and entering their field of choice. But, for aspiring entrepreneurs,…
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Traci Hancock discusses mission and successes of Innovation Accelerator
The following article is part of a special insert in the June 3-9 issue of The Reader, a weekly newspaper focusing on the area’s culture. | For high-tech entrepreneurs, cutting-edge communicators and government grant recipients, making the right connections sometimes means the difference between explosive growth and standing still. Enter Innovation Accelerator, located at the…
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UNL’s Innovation Campus set to facilitate collaboration
The following article is part of a special insert in the June 3-9 issue of The Reader, a weekly newspaper focusing on the area’s culture. | Vision meets reality with fast-forward results at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s (UNL) Innovation Campus, a “public-private partnership” facilitating collaboration among researchers, businesses, students, faculty, entrepreneurs, city…
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UNL competition winners to start businesses in 2010
Jessica Quick was awarded first place in the graduate track for Top to Bottom Baby Boutique, a retail cloth diaper store which will open in Omaha next year. There’s that old mantra, “nothing ventured, nothing gained.” Nearly 30 teams of local entrepreneurs took that advice to heart earlier this month, submitting business plans to do battle with…
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Nebraska Research & Innovation Conference registration closes Friday, June 25
In last week’s Weekly Wrap Up Show, Dusty and I listed off quite a few events that we encourage you to check out, like the upcoming BarCamps in Des Moines, Kansas City, and Omaha. Here’s another one — it comes by way of a coworker of Jeff’s at AIM (I’m quickly learning they have their…
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Two UNL professors awarded NASA grants
When I was a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut. Who am I kidding? I still want to be an astronaut. I am, however, realistic enough to know that my dream will never come to fruition (unless, of course, Virgin Galactic drastically reduces their rates). Enviably, two University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) professors will get…