Allen Kruse

  • Summit panels focus on startups and ‘studentpreneurs’ (Video)

    At this year’s Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship, one of the three breakout tracks focused on startups, involving five entrepreneurs from a variety of industries. Videos from the track are now available (below) and feature SPN’s own Danny Schreiber and Michael Stacy as moderators. …

  • Rare Earth Solar blazes trail, brings jobs as Nebraska solar panel maker

    Rare Earth Solar co-founders Allen Kruse and Joseph Brewer met at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln while Brewer was getting his doctorate in inorganic chemistry and tutoring Kruse in his chemistry class. Brewer started telling Kruse about his solar technology invention and that he was thinking about starting a business. Kruse, a Navy veteran and businessman,…