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Archrival campaign for Mike’s Smashed Apple Ale passes 1M views
LINCOLN—Leave it to Lincoln-based youth marketing firm Archrival to get an inflatable hot dog, ridiculous mustaches, monster trucks and stallions into a commercial for hard apple cider.
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Werk: Why two architects quit their full-time jobs to design office furniture
LINCOLN—Do you remember those trapezoid tables from elementary school? The ones that were three feet tall and covered in laminate? Those memorable tables were the design inspiration when architect-turned-furniture-designer Jeff Scott faced a daunting task…
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The Greater Omaha Chamber has its new entrepreneurial director
OMAHA—Kody Schrader knows community. Growing up in Alma, Neb., a town of 1,100 along the Nebraska-Kansas border, Schrader knew everyone. And he still knows the importance of connections.
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Bodeefit gets back to basics, commits to helping fight childhood obesity
KANSAS CITY—For two-year-old startup Bodeefit, things have been going well. Their app has more than 200,000 users and a new monthly group training program is starting to catch on. But lately, co-founder Adam Griffin says something had seemed a little off.
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In-house marketers Forgelight Creative joins FUSE Coworking
LINCOLN— Startups looking for a little help with marketing can find it right in the heart of Lincoln’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Forgelight Creative, a new marketing firm created this year, has moved into FUSE Coworking full time starting this week.
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How Blue Cheese is changing the way you read international menus
IOWA CITY—When international student RuiHao Min was a freshman at the University of Iowa, he found himself on a first date at a local Italian restaurant with a Taiwanese girl he was pursuing. Upon opening their menus, Min realized they were both a little confused by the menu. Admittedly trying to use the opportunity to…
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Montessorium joins Co.Lab, Zynga accelerator for educational games
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.— Montessorium, an educational game app that uses the principles of Montessori teaching, has been around for more than four years, but this month, the Sioux Falls, S.D.,-based startup is taking its games to an accelerator.
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Kansas City’s blooom takes home Best of Show at Finovate in NYC
NEW YORK CITY—The team behind blooom knew that Finovate’s fall conference in New York City would be a great place to officially launch their company. But Wednesday the Kansas City-based startup got an extra boost when blooom was named one of Finovate’s Best of Show winners.
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PeggyBank merges with California company, operations will move
OMAHA— PeggyBank, an Omaha-based company that digitizes and uploads old printed photos, slides and VCR tapes to the cloud, has merged with ScanDigital.com, a similar outfit in California…
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