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BCom Solutions goes national, opens Lincoln office
BCom Solutions, the digital marketing and managed IT company based out of Auburn, Nebraska, has announced it is going national with a focus on “conversion-based digital marketing strategies” while dropping its IT division. “For the last year, our digital marketing division has scaled exponentially. With our growing pains, we faced the challenge of doing a…
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KC Drone Company’s Casey Adams: “The biggest challenge is perception”
Casey Adams, CEO of The Kansas City Drone Company, did not plan on staying in the region to start his company. “After my last tour in Afghanistan I was trying to convince my wife to leave Kansas City,” said Adams. “And then I found the startup community. I didn’t realize there was all this support here.” Adams…
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PostMyProject brings transparency to the home improvement industry
Angie’s List, Thumbtack, HomeAdvisor– there is a variety of platforms available to customers using the home improvement industry. However, it can be difficult to find quality contractors that execute effectively. Kyle Linden, President and Co-founder of PostMyProject, aims to help solve this issue, making customer service his number one priority. “The marketplace right now is…
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Blabfeed brings cutting-edge analytics to the digital signage industry
In 2012 blabfeed started as a business plan pitched at the University of Nebraska at Omaha by Keith Fix. Soon after, the idea was discovered and funded by Ho-Chunk Inc., a $250 million economic development corporation wholly owned by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. “Keith Fix won a business plan competition at the University of…
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Hudl celebrates nearly 10 years of stunning growth at Topping Out ceremony
People walking by the construction site in Lincoln’s Haymarket on Thursday afternoon might have wondered what was going on. There were several dignitaries on hand in suits and ties. But when dozens of people sporting Hudl t-shirts arrived, there was little doubt. Just a couple of weeks shy of their 10th anniversary, sportstech company Hudl…
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ValidVoice brings voiceprints to the future of cybersecurity
Originally developed by an Australian university in 2009, the technology behind ValidVoice was formally deemed too far ahead of its time. “There wasn’t a market for biometrics at the time,” said David Vana, COO of ValidVoice. “The technology sat dormant for quite a few years, until recently.” Omaha-based ValidVoice, LLC is a voice biometric technology…
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Appticles solves mobile publishing for content creators
First you needed a website. Then you needed an interactive website. As mobile became the leading content platform, all those websites needed to be mobile compatible. Then they needed to be compatible across multiple devices. The next twist came in 2015 when Google announced they would penalize non-mobile optimized websites. As more devices were developed, it became more…
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VentureTech’s Joseph Knecht: “The ecosystem of B2B buying is changing dramatically”
Joseph Knecht came to Nebraska from New York 20 years ago to pursue an advanced degree. He met some like-minded people, got involved with a startup, and never left. Today Knecht and his partners head a successful Lincoln-based venture creation company called VentureTech. The company rapidly validates, builds and launches high-growth, B2B-targeted Software as a…
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CareDrop connects family caregivers with the resources they need
In the United States, 43.5 million family caregivers are caring for someone 50+ years of age, and 14.9 million are caring for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia. When Kathy Good’s husband Dave was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, she used her background as a social worker to put together resources and a supportive committee…
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7 questions with Omaha.dog’s Leah Thrasher and Jeannie North
Leah Thrasher and Jeannie North are the co-founders behind Omaha.dog, a website that offers a comprehensive list of dog friendly businesses in the Omaha metro area. SPN caught up with the ladies (and their dogs, Riloh and Rue) at The Exchange in downtown Omaha. SPN: So how did you guys get started with Omaha.dog? JN:…