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Lincoln rebranding inspired by Archrival founders’”FLYOVER” talk
Live music on downtown street corners every Friday. Fun and quirky messages written on the city’s bike paths. A random day of free downtown parking for all, courtesy of a local business. They’re all ideas that help …
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From new Lincoln digs, Bulu Box launches subscription vitamin service
When Paul Jarrett and his wife Stephanie decided to start Bulu Box last December, they could see Twitter’s headquarters from their Soma, Calif., apartment. But earlier this month when they launched the startup, a monthly and annual subscription service that provides sample boxes of vitamins and supplements, it was from their office in Lincoln, Neb.…
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Lincoln’s FileBound quietly thrives, even in tough economic times (Video)
FileBound co-founder Rex Lamb describes his company as “a little Nebraska company no one knows about.” But the numbers paint a different picture. The company’s Lincoln headquarters house 55 employees, and FileBound also has offices in Denver and Tampa, data centers in Chicago and San Francisco and a team of 13 developers in India. Some…
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Lincoln ecommerce entrepreneur starts app developer meetup group
Brandon Dupsky doesn’t know much about programming, but as an ecommerce entrepreneur, he saw that Lincoln needed a space for app developers to get to know each other. So he started Nebraska Mobile, a meetup group for local app creators to network and collaborate. On May 24, about 24 entrepreneurs, computer science students and local…
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New Lincoln meetup group looks to take UX discussion a step further
Kyle Murphy hopes something that started as a subject of casual conversation with colleagues and grew into an informal lunch group can eventually become a regular resource for UX designers in Lincoln and Omaha. Murphy (left), the vice president of user experience at Hudl, recently helped launch a UX Meetup in Lincoln. The group will…
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Events: TechBrew Des Moines and Lincoln UX Meetup
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. For more, visit our events page for a calendar of upcoming events from us and others…
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Lincoln team creates award-winning agriculture app (Video)
This spring, Croplife awarded the Aphid Speed Scout app the “Top Best Mobile App for Agriculture,” and the winners couldn’t be happier. “It’s an honor, it was really exciting when that came through and it was picked for number one,” said Wayne Ohnesorg, Extension Educator in Madison County at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension. Ohnesorg…
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Startup Weekend Lincoln to debut September 7-9
Startup Weekend’s spread through the region’s major college towns continues. Organizers today announced that Startup Weekend Lincoln will make its debut September 7-9 …
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Nebraska Code Camp returning to Lincoln on March 10
Nebraska Code Camp is returning for its second year on March 10. The event will be held at Avery Hall on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Last year, the free, community-driven developer conference featured 25 sessions and drew an attendance of more than …
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Unconference ‘Awesome Camp’ set for March 2-3 in Lincoln
Awesome Camp, Lincoln’s answer to the unconference, will take place March 2-3 at downtown nightclub Red9 (322 S. 9th St.). Awesome Camp is described on its website as “a participant-driven unconference” at which “anyone and …