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Newsletter, Aug. 21 – IO Summit Q&A

The first-ever Silicon Prairie Startup Week is just around the corner! The week of events kicks off with the IO2024 Summit in Lincoln on Monday, November 11. SPN recently had a chance to catch up with Inside Outside Innovation founder Brian Ardinger to find out more about what to expect from this year’s summit.

Brian shared a sneak peek of speakers—the full lineup will be announced soon—and a discount code for the SPN community to receive $50 off of IO2024 registration. Check out the story on SPN to have all your IO2024 questions answered and save $50!

Upcoming Events

  • Join UNeMed for Idea Pub: Morning Edition, a networking event to connect UNMC innovators to investors and startups on Thursday, August 29, 9-11 a.m., at Durham Research Center II, Atrium at UNMC in Omaha. 
  • Attend the free virtual NMotion More Founders Bootcamp to learn about becoming a founder over the course of four 30-minute Zoom sessions starting on Monday, September 9 at 12 p.m.
  • Register for the Meet the Buyers government contracting conference, Tuesday, September 10, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Salvation Army Kroc Center in Omaha, for more information on how your business can become a government contractor. 
  • Nebraska Women in STEM invites you to a virtual presentation about building your personal board of directors with Kathleen (Katie) Brandert, PhD, of UNMC, at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, September 17. 
  • Tickets are on sale for Insurtech on the Silicon Prairie, October 28-29 at the Holland Performing Arts Center in Omaha.

See more events on SPN »

ICYMI: Updates from around the ecosystem

  • See how far Omaha and Lincoln moved up in the latest Best of the Midwest: Startup City Rankings from M25 and Midwest Startups.
  • Applications for the Midlands African Chamber Xcelerator program are open to BIPOC and immigrant founders through August 30. 
  • Meet serial entrepreneur Brody Deren in the latest Prairie Portrait. 
  • The Heartland Regional Food Business Center will provide financial awards of $5,000 to $50,000 each through the Business Builder (BB) grants program to support food and farm businesses working toward expansion in local and regional food markets. Learn more and register for the informational webinar on August 28.
  • Talknician, a startup from the last NMotion cohort that built an augmented reality-powered knowledge transfer platform for the industrial workforce, is one of three finalists in the Education and Training category for the Minnesota Cup startup competition.

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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