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10 people to grab coffee with if you’re new to Lincoln’s startup community
While the Silicon Prairie may span across several states, include vastly different types of companies and entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds (and football rivalries), supportive communities are one factor that tie them all together. Whether you’re in Omaha or Des Moines, Kansas City or Cedar Rapids, you’ll find people who really care about helping their fellow…
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Presage Analytics helps food processors avoid the dreaded recall
iSoft president and CEO Matthew Wegener chronicled the germination and current challenges facing Presage Analytics, his latest gamble in software development. “Nobody likes to hear it, but there’s bacteria everywhere,” Wegener said. “It’s really about the management of it, and trying to stay in front of any potential problems before you cross the threshold and…
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Lincoln’s ISoft teams up with UNL professors to help make food safer
Midwesterners are no strangers to food-related illness—and we’re not just talking about the kind that results from too much fried stuff on-a-stick. A recent cyclospora outbreak…
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For ISoft founder, part-time salvage yard job leads to thriving tech startup
While studying electrical engineering at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Matthew Wegener had a part time job at a salvage yard where he worked on cars and poured concrete. During his time there, Wegener realized the salvage yard needed an inventory management system. He made a proposal to build the system for them on evenings and…
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Prairie Moves: Dave Rowe, I Smell Brains, Slouch Couch and more
As Thinc Iowa nears (now just 12 days away), our staff resources have been moved around for event planning and execution and unfortunately for our readers, this means our content volume and deadlines take a hit. Expect fresh stories daily, but look to Prairie Moves to keep you in the loop on the activities of…
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Idea community Turbine Flats featured on Nebraska Entrepreneur
If you haven’t made a stop by NebraskaEntrepreneur.com to check out its many links to entrepreneurial resources or its latest coverage of all-things entreprepreneurship in the Cornhusker state… (image on left of Turbine Flats expansion rendering)
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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…