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Weekly Rundown Ep. 7 | Tech Nebraska Summit
In this episode: Technology leaders and policymakers from across Nebraska convened at the inaugural Tech Nebraska Summit in Lincoln on Nov. 28.
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Omaha startup Swishboom closes down, prepares to sell technology
SPN interviews Swishboom founder Kellee Mikuls about the decision to close her startup. The company’s tech stack, branding, assets and trade secrets are now for sale.
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Vishall Singh brings agriculture technology to The Innovators
Enter your email below to watch the interview Email Register Vishall Singh from Quantified Ag was excited to have finished his pitch at the Pipeline Entrepreneur Innovators Awards. He sat down with Brian Lee from Silicon Prairie News caught up with Singh to talk about the pitch and his company. Singh entered Pipeline a year…
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Spouses Brian and Beth Handrigan inducted as Pipeline fellows for their individual businesses
Enter your email below to watch the interview Spouses Brian and Beth Handrigan were in the unique position of representing two different classes of fellows at this year’s Pipeline Entrepreneur Innovators Awards. Most couples who are entrepreneurs tend to work together on the same business, but Brian was at Pipeline with his company, Recursive Labs,…
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Anne Bachman and Paul Jarrett talk help and Helping Oats
Enter your email below to watch the interview Helping Oats founder Anne Bachman and Bulu Box founder Paul Jarrett sat down with Brian Lee from Silicon Prairie News during the Pipeline Entrepreneur Innovators Awards to talk about starting out and building professional relationships. Helping Oats is a consumer packaged gourmet oatmeal bowl. Bachman got…
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Keith Fix Announces RetailAware at The Innovators
Enter your email below to watch the entire interview Keith Fix announced his new company, RetailAware during the Pipeline Entrepreneur Innovators Awards. Brian Lee from Silicon Prairie News caught up with Fix to find out more about RetailAware. “The new company was kind of a spinoff of what we were previously doing in…
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SPN interviews Gary Vaynerchuk
A few weeks back Jeff (@jjsnyc), Matt Secoske (@secos) and I (@dustyd) trekked up to Sioux City, Iowa to meet up with Gary Vaynerchuk, and grab a couple of interviews for Silicon Prairie News and Big Omaha… In this video, Gary shares a bit about what he’s up to these days, why he’s coming to…
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SPN interviews John Gustafson of Ideation Ventures
A two and half year weekly commute from Nebraska to Chicago likely means you either love the former or can’t pass up an opportunity in the latter. For John Gustafson, managing director and founder of Ideation Ventures, it was both. Nebraska remained his residence and Chicago his graduate school destination. After receiving an accounting degree…
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Creative Capital Pitch Session finalists & details!
We received soooo many good ideas and submissions for InvestNebraska’s first pitch session! So many, that it made it very difficult to narrow them down. In alphabetical-by-first-name order, here are the 10 finalists! Each of the finalists will have the opportunity to present for 5 minutes this coming Thursday at Nomad Lounge! Malorie Maddox from…
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SPN interviews Mary Ann O’Brien-Elkjer of OBI Creative
When Mary Ann O’Brien’s father suggested she apply to an up and coming PC company in North Sioux City, S.D. after her college graduation, she was skeptical. “I’m not into computers, this is highly unlikely it’s going to be a fit,” she recalled telling her father. “But, low and behold, I landed a job at…