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From menace to memory booster: video games connect youth, community, nonprofits, thanks to Community Esports League
A Kansas City-based esports league is working to connect communities and assist non-profits through competitive video gaming. Community Esports League is an inclusive, community-driven gaming league geared towards youth and hobbyist gamers to foster healthy competition and the creation of sustainable connections online. AbdulRasheed Yahaya, chief business development officer for Community Esports League, said the…
Read MorePopulus teams up with TheirSpace to offer tutoring for students and coworking for parents
With school reopening plans in apparent flux, Omaha coworking space Populus is teaming up with TheirSpace to offer tutoring sessions for students and coworking space for parents starting September 8. Reservations are open now and can be made online. Populus will provide two tutoring sessions to choose from each weekday in 4-hour intervals, one from…
Read MoreGround-to-cloud sharing: Lincoln AgTech startup RealmFive revolutionizes wireless connectivity in agriculture
It’s all about connecting the dots for Lincoln agriculture tech startup RealmFive. Through a series of products, sensors and cloud technologies, RealmFive is bringing the latest in tech to farms around the world. “Our goal as a company is to connect and control all the things that our customers care about on the farm and…
Read MoreIT support company REDiTECH plans Iowa expansion
Omaha tech support company REDiTECH, which provides clients with outsourced computer support around the clock, is expanding into Iowa, opening an office in Des Moines next month. REDiTECH is not letting the global pandemic disrupt plans to expand, company leadership said. With an existing client base already in place in Des Moines, the expansion will…
Read MoreBay Area AI engineer turned VC joins retired Nebraska STEM educator to strengthen local tech, startup ecosystems
Joshua Armah, president of Wiase Research Institute and managing partner of Wiase Capital, got hit in the head with a baseball bat when he was 14 years old. A former Boy Scout turned teenage runaway on the streets of Atlantic City, New Jersey, he was trying to save his friend from a beatdown. Stepping up…
Read More8 Qs for a Silicon Prairie Founder: Lizz Whitacre of Pawlytics
Lizz Whitacre is co-founder of Pawlytics, a cloud-based operations software provider for animal shelters and rescues working to develop electronic health records for pets and build the world’s largest pet database. SPN recently spotlighted the company and its socially driven mission to use data to save as many animals as possible. It’s a mission that…
Read MoreLincoln-based startup Quantified Ag acquired by Merck Animal Health
Lincoln-based agriculture tech startup Quantified Ag has been acquired by Merck Animal Health, the companies announced last week. Specific terms of the agreement were not disclosed. In August 2016, SPN profiled Quantified Ag. At that time, the company had developed an LED ear tag for livestock that monitors a variety of data points which may…
Read MoreThere’s an App for That: Union Pacific Railroad Digitizes Workflows
It wasn’t so long ago that the railroad ran on paper. Stacks and stacks of paper were used to keep track of the hundreds of thousands of rail cars that flowed through Union Pacific’s 23-state system. A slip of paper captured the customer’s property, each rail car’s schedule and final destination. It was the train…
Read MoreCareerlink Sale Marks New Chapter for AIM Institute and Careerlink, LLC
The AIM Institute—the Omaha-based not-for-profit that grows, connects and inspires the tech talent community through education and career development—announced recently that it has sold Careerlink, its iconic jobs platform. Dr. Kandace Miller, President and CEO of the AIM Institute, said the sale provides further strategic investment AIM’s core not-for-profit, mission-related services to address the growing…
Read MoreOpendorse Gives Athletes the Chance to Grow an Audience, Make Money, Even Build Creative Skills During Quarantine
With college and professional sports up in the air due to coronavirus, athletes have more time on their hands than usual. Many are leveraging the downtime to connect with fans over social media: posting workouts, hosting livestreams, even setting up home podcast studios in the name of content creation. While some might argue an athlete’s…
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