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Newsletter, May 15: Inside Outside Innovation Summit

The initial schedule for Silicon Prairie Startup Week is now online! The week kicks off Monday, November 11 in Lincoln with the IO2024 Summit, NMotion Showcase and Startup Week Opening Party—all happening at the Rococo Theatre. Events continue throughout the week in Lincoln, Ashland, Omaha and Council Bluffs.

A special thank you to Silicon Prairie Startup Week sponsors Millwork Commons and Workshop! Stay tuned. The schedule will be updated as more events are confirmed.

IO2024 Summit is a one-day conference to connect startups, enterprises and innovation champions to explore what it really takes to drive meaningful innovation—regardless of industry or geographic location. Learn more about IO2024 on SPN.

Upcoming Events

  • RSVP to the next Scale Omaha event on Thursday, May 16, 6-8pm—Napkin Sketches to National Impact: Gordon Whitten’s Journey—at Modus Coworking in Omaha.
  • Connect with resource providers at the Small Business Resource Fair & Makers Market Mixer hosted by Nebraska Enterprise Fund at the Highlander Accelerator in Omaha, Tuesday, May 21, 3-6pm. 
  • Register for the NMotion Spring Showcase on Tuesday, May 21, 6-8pm, at the Ashton in Millwork Commons in Omaha.
  • Webinar: Google Analytics for Small Businesses – How to Improve Your Website Traffic presented by SCORE is happening online, Wednesday, May 22, 12-1pm. 
  • Sign up for the next Elevator Essentials | Powered by AltCap – Simple Steps to Acquiring More Customers on Wednesday, May 22, 11:30am-1pm, at Elevator Co-warehousing in Omaha.

See more events on SPN »

ICYMI: Updates from around the ecosystem

  • The initial Silicon Prairie Startup Week schedule is posted online. Watch this space for updates as the programming continues to evolve. Let us know if you want to get involved by submitting your information here.
  • The Family Room app helps translate medical jargon during a hospitalization—an already stressful experience—so that patients and their families can make better-informed decisions about care.
  • From the Midlands Business Journal—Innovation Drives Lindsay Corp.: Cutting-Edge Modernization Project Builds on Legacy.
  • Read: UNMC gets federal grant to lead effort to design better response to national health disasters from the Nebraska Examiner
  • The Nebraska Startup Academy released an MVP of a map of the Nebraska Startup and Innovation Ecosystem.

Have an announcement or event you’d like to share in an upcoming newsletter? Send it to tips@siliconprairienews.com.

Until next week!

Sincerely,

Stefanie Monge, SPN Editor

Stefanie Monge, Editor

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