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  • Nebraska Global, Hudl leaders talk business-building at YPG event

    Young entrepreneurs, students and professionals from the Lincoln business community were all ears when the Entrepreneurship Committee from Lincoln’s Young Professionals Group put on its latest event at the Raikes School on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. John Wirtz, COO of Hudl, interviewed Steve Kiene, managing director of Nebraska Global, and Kiene talked…

  • Custom decal idea sticks for UNL Quick Pitch winner Jason Kruse

    Jason Kruse always knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur. He built his first website when he was in eighth grade and then in high school he teamed up with a friend from his math class. “We just kind of made more hobbyist type of websites that we would then sell,” Kruse said, “but I…

  • Quick Pitch Competition awards five student entrepreneurs $1k (Video)

    Nebraska’s second annual 3-2-1 Quick Pitch competition handed out five awards last Wednesday, February 23rd at Memorial Stadium’s West Stadium Club. Fifty-four students from high schools, two-year colleges and four-year universities gave it their best shot in just three minutes, delivering their “elevator pitch” to over 40 judges from the nearby business and academic community.…