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  • Halo Institute relocates to Creighton University

    Since opening its doors last October, Halo Institute, a nonprofit business incubator, has been a joint venture between Creighton University College of Business and Halo Creative Capital. Now, Halo Institute is calling Creighton “home,” as well. Halo has moved from 11th & Leavenworth Streets in Omaha’s Old Market district to in the Brandies Building on…

  • Adrian Blake of TownCommons.com, a ‘Google News for local events’

    I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Adrian Blake, CEO of Omaha-based TownCommons.com. Adrian comes from an interesting background of management consulting with a history of working with large organizations, and he brings a unique and fresh perspective to the his startup. Simply put, Town Commons is a website that aggregates…

  • TalkAbroad connects U.S. college students with native speakers

    Foreign language study, which is central to Todd Nichols’ company, TalkAbroad, wasn’t central to his early college career. “I found the memorization of words and the grammar studies to be pretty dry,” said Nichols, an Omaha native. His outlook on learning a second language changed, however, when he studied abroad in Cuba and put what…

  • Prodigal Daughter: Nebraskan-turned-New Yorker hosts Big Omaha

    Written by Lisa Martin of Shout!, an alternative weekly newspaper in Omaha, this article kicks off our content syndication partnership with the publication. | Oh, she’s the one that got away. Ebullient, warm, and clearly on top of her game, Rachelle Hruska is that girl – the Nebraska transplant to New York City, middle-America’s girl-next-door…

  • AIM announces award recipients of annual Tech Celebration Banquet

    Congrats to the following individuals for the recognition they’ll be receiving at AIM Institute’s annual Technology Celebration Banquet and Awards. According to a press release…

  • Inaugural Social Impact Forum creates momentum for social change

    A lot has been going on in Omaha these past couple of month and sometimes it’s difficult to go to everything. If you weren’t able to go to Omaha’s first Social Impact Forum, held Friday, February 26, here’s a recap of what you missed. The Social Impact Forum is a consortium of change makers, passionate…

  • Thursday and Friday, Feb. 25-26, packed with entrepreneur events

    There’s quite the smorgasbord of events this Thursday and Friday. I encourage you to take a look at them all and hopefully you’ll be able to make it to one.

  • Johnny Cupcakes founder shares his story, talks about upcoming visit

    Johnny Earle took a few minutes to talk with me about the rise of the multi-million dollar Johnny Cupcakes T-shirt line, the vanilla-scented car fresheners inside his retail shops and the passion behind what he’s been working on for almost the last 10 years.

  • Three teams compete at BioVenture 2009

    Ever hear about a company and think to yourself, “What was it like before they really hit it big?” I do. I’m always curious to hear about how a business started out. Fortunately for me, BioVenture 2009 had three such companies, all of which are just beginning to gain momentum. BioVentures, an event hosted by…

  • Creighton University’s BioVenture to highlight student business plans

    Three big events, all one night. Here’s another to add to the list for Thursday: BioVenture 2009, presented by Creighton University’s Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program, will be held at the Halo Institute (1022 Leavenworth St) at 6:00 p.m. Following a cocktail reception, three students from the program will present their businesses plans: Idrop: An iPhone diabetes…