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Raikes School team rakes in $58K for top entry TradeKing API contest
The team’s name was, admittedly, half-baked. But its work was worth half of $100K. Five juniors from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management won $58,000 — $50,000 for the national grand prize, plus smaller school and regional prizes — Wednesday night for their entry in the TradeKing $100K…
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Amidst change, Raikes School strives to foster interdisciplinary innovation
Educating people to enter the technology field is tough, given its notorious fast pace and constant changes. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, faculty, alumni and industry advisors and volunteers use a constantly evolving approach to make sure graduates are ready. …
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Jeff Raikes on Huskers, area startups, entrepreneurial advice (Video)
Jeff Raikes’ professed allegiance to Nebraska is more than just lip service. As Raikes, a native Nebraskan who lives in Washington, delivered a keynote in La Vista last Friday, the day before the University of Nebraska and University of Washington were set to face off in football, he assured the crowd that he’s a Husker…
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Jeff Raikes on the Raikes School, entrepreneurs doing good (Video)
Jeff Raikes resides in Seattle and has spent three-plus decades on the West Coast, but take some time to pick Raikes’ brain and you’ll find he’s still a Nebraska boy in many ways. Raikes, formerly a manager at Apple Computer and senior executive at Microsoft is now the CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates…
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Nebraska Global, Hudl leaders talk business-building at YPG event
Young entrepreneurs, students and professionals from the Lincoln business community were all ears when the Entrepreneurship Committee from Lincoln’s Young Professionals Group put on its latest event at the Raikes School on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. John Wirtz, COO of Hudl, interviewed Steve Kiene, managing director of Nebraska Global, and Kiene talked…
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Events: Startup Drinks Des Moines, Iowa Code Camp and more
There’s a quality selection of events in Iowa and Nebraska this week, kicking off Tuesday with Startup Drinks Des Moines and closing on Saturday with Iowa Code Camp in Cedar Rapids. Details from the event websites are below followed by links to sites where you can learn more. Find more …
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SPN interviews Colby Thomson of Allied Strategy
Awhile back, we had an opportunity to talk in-depth with Colby Thomson of Lincoln-based Allied Strategy. His privately held company, founded in 2003, is geared to improve insurance industry work flows. Colby is a graduate of UNL’s Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management and another Nebraska entrepreneur who has already accomplished a…