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Beth McKeon steps into Brian Ardinger’s role for NMotion in 2017
Earlier this year, Beth McKeon joined the team at Lincoln’s NMotion Accelerator as Program Manager. Now she is moving into the lead role as founder Brian Ardinger moves to Econic full-time. What does this mean for her and NMotion? “I think Lincoln is ready to level up as a community,” she said. “That’s not a…
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Nearly 600 gather for NMotion Demo Day in Lincoln
The NMotion Accelerator’s fourth annual Demo Day filled the Rococo Theater in Lincoln with nearly 600 people Tuesday night to hear pitches from this year’s cohort and announcements about new NMotion programs. Managing Director Brian Ardinger was “hashtag more than excited.” “We see this program and this event grow each year as more people are…
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NMotion announces 6 new teams for its 2016 cohort
NMotion, the startup accelerator based in Lincoln, Nebraska, announced the six startups accepted into the 2016 Summer program. This year’s cohort includes startups in AgTech, SportsTech and MarketingTech with team members coming from around the country including Lincoln, Omaha, Florida and California. “We had an incredibly strong and competitive application pool this year. On average,…
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NMotion returns with a new team member and a new space
The Lincoln, Nebraska startup accelerator has hit the ground running in 2016. January 1st marked the opening for applications to this summer’s NMotion program.They have also brought a new face to the team with Beth McKeon as the new Program Manager. On top of that, they have moved into the brand new FUSE Coworking space. The addition of…
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Over 500 attend NMotion Demo Day in Lincoln
The buzz of the crowd gathering inside the Rococo Theatre last night could be heard from the street corner of 13th and P in downtown Lincoln. Inside the venue, standing space was limited, complimentary cricket cocktails (yes, made with real crickets and really yummy) were floating around, and all the conversations centered around the 7 companies…
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Investor Paul Singh will keynote this year’s NMotion Demo Day
Brian Ardinger, managing director of the NMotion accelerator, has announced that this year’s Demo Day keynote speaker will be Paul Singh. “As an investor in early stage technologies and startup community advocate, Paul has a pulse on startups and startup communities around the world,” said Ardinger. “He’s a wicked smart guy who’ll be talking about…
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Seamster wants to make your content management effortless
Yaw Odame and Caity Klitz, co-founders of Seamster, knew they had to move to Lincoln, Nebraska, if they wanted to start a company. “We were talking about building this thing, and we kind of joked with our friends, ‘Hey, we should move [to Lincoln],’” said Odame. “Food doesn’t cost as much, and rent is really…
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Seven teams pitch to 350+ people at NMotion’s demo day
Rain poured on the metal roof, thunder crashed and a microphone went on the fritz — a distraction that temporarily threw off Ryan Cooper’s five-minute pitch for Adolade. But after NMotion managing director Brian Ardinger handed him a new handheld mic, Cooper picked up right where he left off, spitting facts about sales and market…
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Why one NMotion startup is working on a Taylor Martinez game
Ryan Cooper knows how important it is to catch a moment. As a platform, mobile is task-based and essentially kills the effectiveness of banner ads because of it. Cooper says brands can close a deal 14 times by offering a reward rather than just a banner ad on mobile, and engagement amplifies when brands tie…
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Everything you need to know about NMotion, Straight Shot demo days
Next week is one of the busier weeks in the Nebraska startup community as 14 startups finish out their time at accelerators and launch into the next phase after their demo days. NMotion’s demo day is Tuesday, Sept. 9. Straight Shot is the next day, Wednesday, Sept. 10…