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Five Things: Hustle Conference 2026
The annual entrepreneurship conference took place on Sept. 30 at Creighton University’s Heider College of Business. The event brought local founders and celebrated innovators behind names such as Shazam, GitHub and Liquid Death together to share insights for building a company and brand.
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Upcoming events
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- The UNO Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Franchising is partnering with NMotion to host Breakthrough Weekend: Short and Scrappy Edition on Saturday, Oct. 10. Register here for the hackathon-style event in Omaha.
- Get ready for UNeMed’s Innovation Week, starting Monday, Oct. 12, for a variety of events to celebrate medtech and healthtech innovation at UNMC.
- Learn about commercializing university research during office hours with NUtech Ventures, the tech transfer organization at UNL, on Tuesday, Oct. 13.
- The Insurtech on the Silicon Prairie Conference is taking place Oct. 19-20 in Omaha. Hear from industry leaders and startups in the insurtech space. Register here.
- Register for the Tech Nebraska Summit on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the CHI Health Center in Omaha.
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