Siouxland and the Dakotas
Dr. Dale Eesley is seeing his vision of a student-led investment fund become a reality as students learn the ropes of venture capital investing. Dr. Eesley, Director of the Center for Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Franchising at the University of Nebraska – Omaha (UNO), had heard about student-led venture firms for years. Dr. Eesley had not really…
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Big Omaha was fortunate to have Todd Smith, owner of Smith Ventures, speak about economic competitiveness and the critical need to better prepare our next generation of industry leaders, starting early in their education. SPN sat down with Smith to learn more about how Smith Ventures is seeking to change the educational landscape to “prepare W2 and…
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AlphaBTC has been providing client services for five years and has experienced some exciting growth in the past year. The company, founded in 2013, has been working with Maya to bring five of Maya’s 50 self-service payment kiosks to Omaha. Maya is a social initiative technology company that provides financial services infrastructure for underserved communities…
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Fargo, North Dakota might not be the first city that comes to mind when discussing hubs for investments and venture capital. But the modestly sized town of 120,000 has put up some impressive numbers this year with several multi-million dollar deals. Botlink On April 26, 2018, Botlink received $3.36 million in individual funding – marking…
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Matt Helt is the Program Director of Techstars Startup Week. Techstars is the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Through Techstars Startup Week, cities all around the world are able to catalyze their entrepreneurial community by bringing together all the stakeholders involved in the growth of startup ecosystem to organize this five-day event. Helt currently…
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Sioux Falls, South Dakota’s USD Discovery District and the Governor’s Office of Economic Development recently announced new anchor tenants to the city’s innovation community. SAB Biotherapeutics and Alumend will join the Discovery District and bring attention to South Dakota’s rapidly emerging biotech industry. “Both SAB Biotherapeutics and Alumend are bio-leaders in South Dakota,” said USD…
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“Even if you have a successful enterprise, you’re going to have failures within it at times. That’s just a part of it,” says Scott Bintz, a serial entrepreneur from North Dakota. Bintz founded his first e-commerce platform in 1998 with RealTruck.com and saw it grow into the largest online retailer of pickup truck accessories. But…
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A lot of young professionals dream of leaving their hometowns after graduating high school or college in search of broader career opportunities or new lifestyles. It seems like an inevitable thing, but it’s also a problem for states like Iowa that are losing valuable tech talent to other ecosystems. But what if Iowa could identify…
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opendorse signs first women’s sports property with LPGA agreement (Lincoln, Nebr.) opendorse announced on Tuesday an alliance with the Ladies Professional Golf Association, which will provide more than 200 LPGA Tour players with access to share LPGA content and create new social revenue stream opportunities. opendorse is a leading athlete marketing platform that helps sports…
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Blockchain began trending hard towards the latter half of 2017, but by the time social media and news outlets got on board with the new technology, corporations and startups across the region were already ahead of the curve. Sioux Falls-based DAKOTA Life Sciences is one example of a company that has implemented blockchain technology for…
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