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Guest Editorial: Five easy steps to speak up for startups at the state level
The following is a guest editorial from Scott Henderson, managing principal of NMotion powered by gener8tor.
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Upcoming events
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- Register for Co-founders and Early Hires: Building Your Startup’s Core Culture, a Lunch & Learn with Jacquelyn Line of Rooted Connections, Thursday, Jan. 29, 12-1 p.m. at The Combine on Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln.
- Veterans and military family members in the Greater Omaha area are invited to drop in for Homefront to Entrepreneurship: SourceLink Nebraska Open Office Hours for Resource Coaching, Friday, Jan. 30, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., at 50 Mile March Community of Hope in Bellevue.
- Meet LPED’s new director of innovation and entrepreneurship at Founders and Friends Happy Hour, Friday, Jan. 30, 5:30-6:30 p.m., at Boiler Brewing Company in Lincoln.
- Check out free coworking day on Monday, Feb 2, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at Elevator in Omaha and Lincoln.
- Join the U.S. Small Business Administration online for the Money Smart: Organizational Types — Pros and Cons of Business Structures webinar, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 4.
ICYMI: Updates from around the ecosystem
Have an announcement or event you’d like to share? Send it to tips@siliconprairienews.com.
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- Nebraska companies, including Grain Weevil and Sentinel Ag, win top engineering awards in a show of momentum for the agtech ecosystem
- Meet Daphne Cook, director of business development education at the MCC Business Development Center
- Applications open for Steel Works Health Accelerator, a new public-private effort to support healthtech startups in Nebraska
- Nebraska Startup Academy reflects on three years, touts impact
- Nebraska Innovation Studio welcomes 2026 fellows to transform their ideas into functional prototypes
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