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FarmAfield wants to streamline capital investment for farmers
Farmers and ranchers will sometimes enter into handshake agreements with neighbors or family members for a financial stake in each other’s crops or livestock. Lincoln ag tech startup FarmAfield is developing a platform to scale that concept and increase the amount of investment capital available to producers. “Usually you’ll see these relationships in a small…
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disRUPT: Nanotech research is tiny, but important to IT development
(Left: Christian Binek of University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Photo by Marlon Wright.) Size does matter when it comes to electronics. Consumers seem to prefer ever-smaller devices, but making things too small could lead to major technological problems in roughly 10 years. Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are working on both aspects of the size issue.…
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Traci Hancock discusses mission and successes of Innovation Accelerator
The following article is part of a special insert in the June 3-9 issue of The Reader, a weekly newspaper focusing on the area’s culture. | For high-tech entrepreneurs, cutting-edge communicators and government grant recipients, making the right connections sometimes means the difference between explosive growth and standing still. Enter Innovation Accelerator, located at the…
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Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem: what does success look like?
This is a guest post written by Tom Chapman, director of innovation and entrepreneurship for the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce. The shared goal of many individuals who read this blog is to “create a robust, sustainable entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem.” But, what…