Creative Capital Pitch Session

  • 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…

  • Creative Capital Pitch Session III: Eight to compete for $1,000 prize Thursday, Oct. 1

    Congratulations to Nancy Williams, Grant Stanley, Nick Knudson, Timothy Kephart, and Andrew Curran, for rounding out our contestant line-up! You can view their one-minute pitch videos below, along with those of the first three contestants announced, Kyle Laughlin, Joe Frost, and Brendan Evans. Now, it’s time for the last two rounds. Join us Thursday at…

  • 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…

  • Have an idea? $1,000 could be yours

    Of all the events we’ve been talking about lately, this is the only one I can think of that’s ready to put money in your pocket. Submit your idea in a one-minute pitch by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. and you could be one of eight finalists chosen to present at October 1st’s Creative Capital Pitch…

  • GoPollGo.com launched Friday, how many polls have you made?

    Just before 5 p.m. this past Friday, GoPollGo.com, the idea that Ben Schaechter, a Creighton University senior, had pitched in our first Creative Capital Pitch Session, was launched into public beta. Ben’s work on the polling web application with real-time and geolocation features began this past spring in his dorm room. When the fall semester…

  • Creative Capital Pitch Session III: Lincoln, here we come

    Thanks to the support we’ve received in Omaha, our Pitch Session will be making a road trip to our state’s capital to award another aspiring entrepreneur Invest Nebraska Corporation’s $1,000 prize. In partnership with the Lincoln Young Professionals Entrepreneurship Group, Creative Capital Pitch Session III will be held at Turbine Flats, a Lincoln idea community,…

  • He Said She Said bloggers release iPhone App

    Omahans seem to be making quite the impact on the iPhone App Store. In the past, SPN has heard from a couple local iPhone developers, and now a husband-and-wife pair of bloggers have found a way to bring their passion from their blog to the iPhone, as well. Many of you may remember Pierce and…

  • SPN interviews Emily Kaminski of Emily’s Project

    When Inc. magazine’s January issue hit the newsstands with the cover story “And the Money Comes Rolling In,” I didn’t wait a day to share it with my friends. “Check out the subheading,” I’d exclaim, “[Plenty of Fish founder] Markus Frind works one hour a day and brings in $10 million a year. How does…

  • Local musician launches new campaign

       Tim Wildsmith, who participated in the first Creative Capital Pitch Session, today announced a project he’s calling “FINANCE MY ALBUM“.As an independent singer-songwriter, Tim is inviting anyone who’s willing to join him in the process of making his new album and for those who participate there are some exciting incentives… Harnessing the power of…

  • Sara Dreamer of Habitwise wins Creative Capital Pitch Session II

    Congrats to Sara, who pitched A-Wrist-A-Track™ to the nearly 100 people in attendance at last night’s Creative Capital Pitch Session II. Her idea, a set of varying colored bracelets, is used to track daily occurrences, such as eating meals or taking medication. Overtime, she explained, these daily occurrences are sometimes forgotten, but with A-Wrist-A-Track™ they’re…