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Newsletter, Nov. 20 – SPSW Recaps

Thank you to everyone who came out to events during the first-ever Silicon Prairie Startup Week! The SPN team is working to share event recaps and highlights on our site and socials over the next week or so. Stay tuned! You can see the five finalists and grand prize winner from the SPSW Pitch Competition here.

Now, for a break from your regularly scheduled programming…

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Upcoming Events

  • Attend VC Office Hours with the Husker Venture Fund & Nebraska Startup Academy at Fuse Coworking in Lincoln, Friday, November 22, 1-3 p.m.
  • Register for the second annual Heartland Robotics and Automation Conference on Friday, November 22 at Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln.
  • The LaunchLNK grant application deadline is Monday, November 25. 
  • RSVP to the next AI Omaha Meetup, Thursday, December 5, 5:30-7 p.m. at Improving, 18881 W. Dodge Rd., Suite 120E in Elkhorn.
  • Sign up for Ask an Entrepreneur, Thursday, December 12, 12-1 p.m. at Nest:Space, 2224 Central Ave., in Kearney.

See more events on SPN »

ICYMI: Updates from around the ecosystem

  • Meet serial entrepreneur and innovator Brian Ardinger in the latest Prairie Portrait. 
  • Check out takeaways from the IO2024 Summit: Innovation Unfiltered last week in Lincoln. 
  • Read: Investor market turns Midwest conservative: ‘Everyone here is feeling a changing landscape,’ a recap from the MidxMidwest conference to connect investors and founders.
  • See the recap from the 2024 Tech Nebraska Summit written by executive director Laurel Oetken. 
  • Thanks to everyone who came out to events last week during Silicon Prairie Startup Week! Let us know what you thought in this super short survey. 

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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