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$50K investment up for grabs at competition
Beginning at 1 p.m. this Friday, seven finalists will present their business plans in the East-2-West New Venture Competition in hopes of securing the $50,000 investment from Invest Nebraska Corporation, the host of the event. The contestant lineup is solid, with an array of industries represented. In exchange for the investment, the winner is required…
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Where are they now? Creative Capital Pitch Session III contestants
This is the last of three posts with updates from our CCPS contestants. A few weeks ago, Dan Hoffman of Invest Nebraska, the organization that has sponsored our CCPS $1,000 prize, asked me for updates from our past contestants. Unable to provide them myself, I contacted the 26 past contestants with three questions: Where are…
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Congrats to Brendan Wamstad-Evans, our Creative Capital Pitch Session III winner!
Last night’s Creative Capital Pitch Session in Lincoln brought about 60 people to Turbine Flats to watch our eight contestants pitch their ideas in five minutes or less. Ideas ranged from a ratings website for senior care facilities to a social network for entrepreneurs, but they all had one thing in common: the presenters had…
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Creative Capital Pitch Session III: Congrats to our first contestants, five spots still open
Congratulations to Brendan Evans, Joe Frost, and Kyle Laughlin! Their one-minute YouTube pitches have earned them a chance to compete in our Creative Capital Pitch Session III, next Thursday, October 1st. Five spots remain. Do you have an idea to pitch? We’ve extended the submission deadline to Sunday, September 27th at 11:59 p.m. We hope…