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Newsletter, June 12: Pipeline Entrepreneurs

Pipeline Entrepreneurs is a Kauffman Foundation program designed to support high-growth entrepreneurs in the Midwest, specifically Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska. Despite the Kauffman Foundation’s new strategic plan to refocus its commitments to drive more impact in the KC community, Pipeline’s Executive Director Melissa Vincent says the Pipeline Entrepreneurs program plans to target their efforts in Nebraska this year.

Pipeline recently hosted a gathering for fellows and members in Lincoln, where SPN had a chance to catch up with Pipeline leadership and learn more about their current plans.

Read all about it on SPN this week.

Upcoming Events

  • Join Women in Tech in the Heartland for a discussion on Powerful Negotiating Techniques at Bridges Trust in Omaha, Tuesday, June 18, 5:15-6:45 p.m.
  • Attend the Business Connect Monthly Meet-Up at the Central Community College Entrepreneurship Center in Grand Island, Wednesday, June 19, 12-1 p.m.
  • RSVP for the virtual workshop hosted by SCORE—Elevate Your Pitch Game: Getting Customers, Clients and Funders to Say Yes, Thursday, June 20, 12-1:30 p.m.
  • Check out the next Scale Omaha event: Scaling Customer Success with Kaitlin Grohmann, Thursday, June 20, 6-8 p.m., at Modus Coworking in Omaha.
  • Register for the Business Ethics Alliance Summer Mind Candy Series for a panel on bringing your whole self to work on Thursday, June 27, 7:15-9 a.m., at Valmont Industries in Omaha.

See more events on SPN »

ICYMI: Updates from around the ecosystem

  • From DIY art walk to helping create the Creative District Program in Nebraska—BFF Omaha celebrates 12 years of building community through arts engagement in the Benson neighborhood.
  • Meet the newest member of the SPN reporting team, Ben Goeser.
  • AuditMiner co-founder and CEO Kelly Mann was named among the Most Powerful Women in Accounting in 2024 for the second consecutive year. 
  • NMotion is accepting applications for its fall cohort through Sunday, June 16.
  • Find insights about employee mental health and wellbeing, and other aspects of employee experience, in the Gallup State of the Global Workforce: 2024 Report.

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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