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Inside/Outside Innovation Summit offers $100,000 in opportunities and brings talent to Lincoln
Lincoln-based Econic and the Inside/Outside Innovation Podcast team have formally announced the first Inside/Outside Innovation Summit on June 19-21 at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln. Billed as the first of its kind in the region, the summit will bring together high-growth startups and corporate innovators. “Companies in every industry are looking to innovate faster…
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Kander: Startups fail because they lack customers, not funding
Speaking before a crowd of more than 600 businessmen and women at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Development Breakfast Wednesday morning, Diana Kander, senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, urged entrepreneurs to ditch the traditional business plan and adopt a more customer-based approach.
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JumpStart pairs tech with industry to find answers to everyday problems
In 2013, the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development (LPED) paired with Lincoln techies and BryanLGH hospital to help find the best tech solution to everyday problems in healthcare, with NMotion alum Synerscan—now Nobl—finding success through the event. In 2014, JumpStart Challenge, a new program from LPED, aims to solve the same everyday challenges, but this time with four…
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International Hour of Code event comes to Lincoln Dec. 12
Next month more than 3 million students from 150 countries will come together for more than 21,000 events with one simple mission: teaching people to code. As part of Computer Science Education Week—held internationally…
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StirList extends strong run, winning Lincoln Startup Week’s Idea Pitch
Lincoln Startup Week continued Tuesday night with a business plan competition. Invest Nebraska, Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development and PitchBurner partnered to create the Startup Week Idea Pitch. Participants had five minutes to share their ideas with a panel of judges for a chance to win $1,000 to help get their idea off the ground.…
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Lincoln announces plan to install downtown fiber grid
Unite Private Networks and the City of Lincoln will form a joint public-private partnership to place a grid of telecommunication fiber in downtown Lincoln. Lincoln mayor Chris Beutler outlined the plan during a press conference today, where he said that the city will finance a grid of conduits that will ultimately hold fiber from Unite…
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Green Bein’ awarded $50K to help expand business in Lincoln (Video)
Green Bein’ Productions, Inc. won Invest Nebraska’s third annual venture competition last week at the Embassy Suites in Lincoln. Last Tuesday, Green Bein’ and the four other finalists competed for $50,000. The Lincoln-based entrepreneurs were given 15 minutes and then had an opportunity to answer judges’ questions. “All five of them did a really great…