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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…
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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.…
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Lincoln Startup Week opens with free beer, food, entrepreneurial insights
Hurrdat Social Media CEO Blake Lawrence pretty much summed up the kickoff party for the inaugural Lincoln Startup Week when he told the crowd: “I’ve been waiting six years to be at a place where there’s free beer, free food, and everybody’s listening to me.” Hosted by The Big Plate and Innovation Connect at Blue…
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StirList wins first Startup Weekend Lincoln, eyes Lincoln Startup Week
As a kickoff to Lincoln’s first Startup Week, Lincoln’s first Startup Weekend was, by all accounts, a big success. “For the first event ever, it far exceeded my expectations,” said lead coordinator Amanda Thonen. The community support that rallied around the event was “atypical,” she said, perhaps because the 54-hour marathon was just the start…
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Events: Startup Job Crawl, Lincoln Startup Week, Tech Brew and more
Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings …
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Watch the Startup Wekened Lincoln finale live at 6 p.m. (Updated)
The 10 teams of the inaugural Startup Weekend Lincoln are in the homestretch. All that stands between those teams and the finish line of a whirlwind weekend is tonight’s closing pitch session, which we will broadcast …
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A look at the teams and Day 2 photos from Startup Weekend Lincoln
The hometown Husker football team was on the road today, but that didn’t mean the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus was devoid of teams competing. Startup Weekend Lincoln helped ensure that. The event’s marathon middle day, which is now nearing its conclusion, saw 10 teams inside UNL’s Avery Hall busily building on business ideas. Sixty-eight participants…
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Events: Startup Weekend Lincoln, Barcamp Omaha and more
Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it’s happening in the Silicon Prairie, you’ll find it here. …
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Student-driven Lincoln group HIVE seeks inter-disciplinary collaboration
A new effort born out of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln that aims to facilitate the meeting of entrepreneurial student minds is celebrating its official launch on Thursday and has plans for a full slate of events …