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  • Ladies Who Launch connects female entrepreneurs in Lincoln

    When Jill Thayer Liliedahl, founder of the frozen treat company Pop Art, and Amber Pankonin, creator of the health-oriented recipe app StirList, met on the Lincoln, Neb. startup scene, the pair began noticing a missing demographic at the events they were attending. Both women were startled by the lack of female entrepreneurs. “We would show…

  • With new platform, Lincoln duo aims to boost boutiques’ in-store sales

    Sarah Gauger knows that if the resale and consignment shop her mother started in the late ’70s is to survive, she needs to attract a new generation of customers. So she and her mother and sister rebranded the Lincoln store two years ago, changing the name from One More Time to omt! She also started…

  • Lincoln startup accelerator NMotion opens applications for inaugural class

    A group led by Lincoln, Neb.-based NUtech Ventures today announced its next move to support the state’s entrepreneurial ecosystem: an early stage startup accelerator it calls NMotion. “We looked at where NUtech could play a role, and obviously not driving it as a university accelerator, but just as a catalyst to help,” said NMotion director…

  • FUSE Coworking opens its doors in Lincoln Haymarket

    A coworking space has come to the Lincoln Haymarket, joining the downtown area already occupied by startups, including Hudl, Bulu Box and Vestn, and the software investment fund Nebraska Global. FUSE Coworking, co-founded by Matt Westenburg, Robert Hinrichs and Andy Beecham, opened its doors Jan. 14. The space is located above The Mill coffee shop…

  • 19-year-old Lincolnite chosen for national entrepreneur apprenticeship

    In the past five weeks, former Hurrdat Social Media intern and recent Lincoln Southeast High School graduate Ethan Horne has moved to New York City, started working 40 hours a week and gained 11 new roommates. That’s because Horne, a 19-year-old from Lincoln, was recently accepted into the first class of E[nstitute], a national apprenticeship…

  • Watch the TEDxLincoln afternoon talks live at 1 p.m. (Video)

    TEDxLincoln, an independently organized TED event exploring the theme “Wide Horizons, Open Minds,” is taking place today at NET studios in Lincoln, and a live stream of the event is available courtesy of NET. Although we’re a bit belated in publishing this post, there’s still a full afternoon of talks on tap, starting at 1…

  • TEDxLincoln to explore “Wide Horizons, Open Minds” Thursday

    Eastern Nebraska will play host to its second independently organized TED event inside of a week when TEDxLincoln returns Thursday. The second-year conference, which runs from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at NET (1800 North 33rd St.) …

  • Internet Bus Tour to hold events in Lincoln, Des Moines, Iowa City & KC

    The Internet 2012 Bus Tour this week released details of the five events it will co-host in the Heartland to advocate for the Open Internet, an internet the tour describes as one free of government restrictions, censorship and regulations. Spearheaded by redditt co-founder Alexis Ohanian and general manager Eric Martin, a duo that’s championed the…

  • First Tech Crawl showcases Lincoln startup scene

    Though Fuse Coworking isn’t scheduled to open until Nov. 1, the new Lincoln coworking space rushed part of its clean up and renovation in order to be a stop on the city’s inaugural Tech Crawl on Thursday. “This is exactly what the essence of Fuse Coworking is about,” Fuse co-founder Matt Westenburg said. “It’s about…

  • StirList extends strong run, winning Lincoln Startup Week’s Idea Pitch

    Lincoln Startup Week continued Tuesday night with a business plan competition. Invest Nebraska, Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development and PitchBurner partnered to create the Startup Week Idea Pitch. Participants had five minutes to share their ideas with a panel of judges for a chance to win $1,000 to help get their idea off the ground.…