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Lincoln Startup Week opens with free beer, food, entrepreneurial insights
Hurrdat Social Media CEO Blake Lawrence pretty much summed up the kickoff party for the inaugural Lincoln Startup Week when he told the crowd: “I’ve been waiting six years to be at a place where there’s free beer, free food, and everybody’s listening to me.” Hosted by The Big Plate and Innovation Connect at Blue…
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NUtech Ventures adds two, announces new accelerator program
NUtech Ventures, the nonprofit company that helps commercialize new technology and intellectual property developed inside the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has added a full-time entrepreneur in residence and part-time fellow to its staff and plans to launch a new startup mentorship and …
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New UNL technology provides location-based crime data to police
With a smorgasbord of apps to assist would-be diners in locating somewhere in the neighborhood to break bread, why aren’t there similar applications to aid police officers in finding and deterring bad? Back when Lincoln Public Safety Director Tom Casady was the chief of the Lincoln Police Department, he began to ponder that problem. Now,…