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NOW TRENDING. Meet the latest members of NMotion’s Accelerator Studio—and their innovations. Prairie Roots run deep: new virtual conference grows connections in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Latest crop of IT managers graduates AIM Tech Leaders Academy. Women in Tech: Evelyn Espinoza-Macias. FREE WEBINAR: RAPID GROWTH IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY 13 hours ago · At 2 pm today, Network After Work is offering a free webinar hosted by salesperson and bestselling author Matthew Pollard. The webinar focuses on transcending the “endless hamster wheel” of stalled growth. Organizers say participants will walk away understanding where they’ve gone wrong and how to get back on track with a few specific strategies. WOMEN IN TECH: EVELYN ESPINOZA-MACIAS Women in Tech: Evelyn Espinoza-Macias. Growing up in a low-income, Spanish-speaking household in South Omaha, Evelyn Espinoza-Macias said she always struggled with a language barrier. Her parents, though supportive, could not speak English or provide the same level of help on schoolwork that many of her peers received. WOMEN IN TECH: VONDA PAGE Women in Tech: Vonda Page. “‘They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself,’” said Radical Change founder and CEO Vonda Page, quoting one of her favorite artists, Andy Warhol, during her recent keynote presentation at the Infotec 2021 virtual conference. INFOTEC 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE TO FEATURE KEYNOTE SPEAKER Life as a tech professional can be hard. Not at Infotec 2021, conference organizers say, previewing a robust virtual digital event experience aimed at helping attendees grow professionally while connecting with other IT and web professionals in the heartland. After successfully hosting Infotec 2020 in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AIM AGTECH STARTUP CORRAL TECHNOLOGIES WINS NEBRASKA CENTER April 13 was a big day for 22-year-old startup founder Jack Keating. The Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business had wrapped up its New Venture Competition, and Keating took home first prize: a $25,000 grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development to assist his new company, Corral Technologies, in REMOTE WORK ALLOWS MORE NEBRASKANS TO LIVE LOCAL, WORK Schafer said certain industry classifications, such as finance and insurance, and professional, scientific and technical services, prove much easier to transition online; about 75% of Nebraska workers in those industries went remote almost immediately back in March 2020. In Nebraska, the professional, scientific and technical services industry CATCHING UP WITH GAZELLA WI-FI FOUNDER ERIC BURNS AFTER 2019 ended on a high note for Omaha startup Gazella WiFi. In December, the company was acquired by St. Petersburg, Florida-based Bloom Intelligence, a Wi-Fi marketing and customer intelligence platform. Gazella’s services have been deployed in more than 2,000 Wi-Fi access points across 26 countries, a press release highlighting the acquisition said. Financial aspects of "AT HOME IN A CRISIS TRYING TO WORK": CHEERED ON BY THE Redesigning the COVID-era customer, expect lots of churn, a lower conversion rates, longer timespans, and a radically different relationship with users MVF: LYNN GELLERMAN OF ADENA VENTURES SPEAKS AT NETWORKING MVF: Lynn Gellerman of Adena Ventures speaks at Networking Dinner. Last Thursday, Lynn Gellerman, founding partner of Adena Ventures and a partner in Woodland Venture Management, spoke to an audience of about 60 Midlands Venture Forum members and non-members. His speech, titled “Venture Capital in Underserved Areas,” began with himcalling
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NOW TRENDING. Meet the latest members of NMotion’s Accelerator Studio—and their innovations. Prairie Roots run deep: new virtual conference grows connections in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Latest crop of IT managers graduates AIM Tech Leaders Academy. Women in Tech: Evelyn Espinoza-Macias. FREE WEBINAR: RAPID GROWTH IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY 13 hours ago · At 2 pm today, Network After Work is offering a free webinar hosted by salesperson and bestselling author Matthew Pollard. The webinar focuses on transcending the “endless hamster wheel” of stalled growth. Organizers say participants will walk away understanding where they’ve gone wrong and how to get back on track with a few specific strategies. WOMEN IN TECH: EVELYN ESPINOZA-MACIAS Women in Tech: Evelyn Espinoza-Macias. Growing up in a low-income, Spanish-speaking household in South Omaha, Evelyn Espinoza-Macias said she always struggled with a language barrier. Her parents, though supportive, could not speak English or provide the same level of help on schoolwork that many of her peers received. WOMEN IN TECH: VONDA PAGE Women in Tech: Vonda Page. “‘They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself,’” said Radical Change founder and CEO Vonda Page, quoting one of her favorite artists, Andy Warhol, during her recent keynote presentation at the Infotec 2021 virtual conference. INFOTEC 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE TO FEATURE KEYNOTE SPEAKER Life as a tech professional can be hard. Not at Infotec 2021, conference organizers say, previewing a robust virtual digital event experience aimed at helping attendees grow professionally while connecting with other IT and web professionals in the heartland. After successfully hosting Infotec 2020 in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AIM AGTECH STARTUP CORRAL TECHNOLOGIES WINS NEBRASKA CENTER April 13 was a big day for 22-year-old startup founder Jack Keating. The Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business had wrapped up its New Venture Competition, and Keating took home first prize: a $25,000 grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development to assist his new company, Corral Technologies, in REMOTE WORK ALLOWS MORE NEBRASKANS TO LIVE LOCAL, WORK Schafer said certain industry classifications, such as finance and insurance, and professional, scientific and technical services, prove much easier to transition online; about 75% of Nebraska workers in those industries went remote almost immediately back in March 2020. In Nebraska, the professional, scientific and technical services industry CATCHING UP WITH GAZELLA WI-FI FOUNDER ERIC BURNS AFTER 2019 ended on a high note for Omaha startup Gazella WiFi. In December, the company was acquired by St. Petersburg, Florida-based Bloom Intelligence, a Wi-Fi marketing and customer intelligence platform. Gazella’s services have been deployed in more than 2,000 Wi-Fi access points across 26 countries, a press release highlighting the acquisition said. Financial aspects of "AT HOME IN A CRISIS TRYING TO WORK": CHEERED ON BY THE Redesigning the COVID-era customer, expect lots of churn, a lower conversion rates, longer timespans, and a radically different relationship with users MVF: LYNN GELLERMAN OF ADENA VENTURES SPEAKS AT NETWORKING MVF: Lynn Gellerman of Adena Ventures speaks at Networking Dinner. Last Thursday, Lynn Gellerman, founding partner of Adena Ventures and a partner in Woodland Venture Management, spoke to an audience of about 60 Midlands Venture Forum members and non-members. His speech, titled “Venture Capital in Underserved Areas,” began with himcalling
MEET THE LATEST MEMBERS OF NMOTION'S ACCELERATOR STUDIO Four burgeoning startups supported by Lincoln-based NMotion, a gener8tor program, made their debut recently at the virtual Prairie Roots Spring Show. SPN asked the four teams to share a little about their businesses and what it was like going through the Accelerator Studio cohort. The startups represent a variety of business models andindustries, from
WOMEN IN TECH: VONDA PAGE Women in Tech: Vonda Page. “‘They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself,’” said Radical Change founder and CEO Vonda Page, quoting one of her favorite artists, Andy Warhol, during her recent keynote presentation at the Infotec 2021 virtual conference. PRAIRIE ROOTS RUN DEEP: NEW VIRTUAL CONFERENCE GROWS Last Friday marked the first-ever Prairie Roots Spring Show, a virtual event showcasing a variety of companies, creative projects and causes in that have survived—and in some cases, thrived—in the Midwest despite a tumultuous year. Created and curated by Scott Henderson, managing director of Lincoln-based NMotion, Prairie Roots gathered 100 business, creative and thought leaders REMOTE WORK ALLOWS MORE NEBRASKANS TO LIVE LOCAL, WORK Schafer said certain industry classifications, such as finance and insurance, and professional, scientific and technical services, prove much easier to transition online; about 75% of Nebraska workers in those industries went remote almost immediately back in March 2020. In Nebraska, the professional, scientific and technical services industry LATEST CROP OF IT MANAGERS GRADUATES AIM TECH LEADERS The AIM Institute recently held a virtual graduation ceremony in celebration of the latest cohort to complete the nonprofit tech organization’s Advanced Tech Leaders Academy, an intensive leadership development program for technology professionals. Thirty-four participants from 14 companies completed this an annual management course for tech professionals, the goal of which is KANSAS CITY-BASED PROGRAM THAT HELPS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS A Kansas City-based program that supports small business owners is accepting applications for its next cohort. The GROWTH360 program is centered around giving small business owners in the Kansas City metro a 360-degree perspective on their companies, helping them make better business decisions and avoid blind spots. The program is free to accepted entrepreneurs. Through OMAHA STARTUP WORKSHOP RAISES SEED ROUND, ADDS FORMER It’s full speed ahead for Omaha startup Workshop. The company, which provides an employee and internal communications software product, raised $3.5 million in a seed round. Also, former Flywheel founders and executives Dusty Davidson and Rick Knudtson are joining Derek Homann and Ben Stevinson as co-founders for the new endeavor. The fourmen previously all
MINDFULNESS STARTUP HERE SEES SUCCESS AFTER PIVOTING TO Though the U.S. national employment rate of 8.4% is about half of what it was at its lowest point in April, a patchwork of back-to-school plans and continued COVID-19 restrictions have left many people stuck in their homes—for better or worse. If Omaha startup HERE co-founder Dana Dyksterhuis has a say, it’ll be the former. TSTUD ™ – SAVING ENERGY HAS NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD Tstud ™ – saving energy has never looked so good. Roosevelt Energy Technologies, Inc., the exclusive North American licensee of the entire Tstud ™ product lineup and the Tstud ™ wall assembly, announced that it received two funding tranches totaling to $1m. $500k was allocated to the company in July; the other $500k will be given inthe
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NOW TRENDING. Meet the latest members of NMotion’s Accelerator Studio—and their innovations. Prairie Roots run deep: new virtual conference grows connections in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Latest crop of IT managers graduates AIM Tech Leaders Academy. Women in Tech: Evelyn Espinoza-Macias. FREE WEBINAR: RAPID GROWTH IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY 5 hours ago · At 2 pm today, Network After Work is offering a free webinar hosted by salesperson and bestselling author Matthew Pollard. The webinar focuses on transcending the “endless hamster wheel” of stalled growth. Organizers say participants will walk away understanding where they’ve gone wrong and how to get back on track with a few specific strategies. WOMEN IN TECH: EVELYN ESPINOZA-MACIAS Women in Tech: Evelyn Espinoza-Macias. Growing up in a low-income, Spanish-speaking household in South Omaha, Evelyn Espinoza-Macias said she always struggled with a language barrier. Her parents, though supportive, could not speak English or provide the same level of help on schoolwork that many of her peers received. WOMEN IN TECH: VONDA PAGE Women in Tech: Vonda Page. “‘They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself,’” said Radical Change founder and CEO Vonda Page, quoting one of her favorite artists, Andy Warhol, during her recent keynote presentation at the Infotec 2021 virtual conference. INFOTEC 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE TO FEATURE KEYNOTE SPEAKER Life as a tech professional can be hard. Not at Infotec 2021, conference organizers say, previewing a robust virtual digital event experience aimed at helping attendees grow professionally while connecting with other IT and web professionals in the heartland. After successfully hosting Infotec 2020 in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AIM AGTECH STARTUP CORRAL TECHNOLOGIES WINS NEBRASKA CENTER April 13 was a big day for 22-year-old startup founder Jack Keating. The Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business had wrapped up its New Venture Competition, and Keating took home first prize: a $25,000 grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development to assist his new company, Corral Technologies, in REMOTE WORK ALLOWS MORE NEBRASKANS TO LIVE LOCAL, WORK Schafer said certain industry classifications, such as finance and insurance, and professional, scientific and technical services, prove much easier to transition online; about 75% of Nebraska workers in those industries went remote almost immediately back in March 2020. In Nebraska, the professional, scientific and technical services industry CATCHING UP WITH GAZELLA WI-FI FOUNDER ERIC BURNS AFTER 2019 ended on a high note for Omaha startup Gazella WiFi. In December, the company was acquired by St. Petersburg, Florida-based Bloom Intelligence, a Wi-Fi marketing and customer intelligence platform. Gazella’s services have been deployed in more than 2,000 Wi-Fi access points across 26 countries, a press release highlighting the acquisition said. Financial aspects of "AT HOME IN A CRISIS TRYING TO WORK": CHEERED ON BY THE Redesigning the COVID-era customer, expect lots of churn, a lower conversion rates, longer timespans, and a radically different relationship with users MVF: LYNN GELLERMAN OF ADENA VENTURES SPEAKS AT NETWORKING MVF: Lynn Gellerman of Adena Ventures speaks at Networking Dinner. Last Thursday, Lynn Gellerman, founding partner of Adena Ventures and a partner in Woodland Venture Management, spoke to an audience of about 60 Midlands Venture Forum members and non-members. His speech, titled “Venture Capital in Underserved Areas,” began with himcalling
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NOW TRENDING. Meet the latest members of NMotion’s Accelerator Studio—and their innovations. Prairie Roots run deep: new virtual conference grows connections in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Latest crop of IT managers graduates AIM Tech Leaders Academy. Women in Tech: Evelyn Espinoza-Macias. FREE WEBINAR: RAPID GROWTH IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY 5 hours ago · At 2 pm today, Network After Work is offering a free webinar hosted by salesperson and bestselling author Matthew Pollard. The webinar focuses on transcending the “endless hamster wheel” of stalled growth. Organizers say participants will walk away understanding where they’ve gone wrong and how to get back on track with a few specific strategies. WOMEN IN TECH: EVELYN ESPINOZA-MACIAS Women in Tech: Evelyn Espinoza-Macias. Growing up in a low-income, Spanish-speaking household in South Omaha, Evelyn Espinoza-Macias said she always struggled with a language barrier. Her parents, though supportive, could not speak English or provide the same level of help on schoolwork that many of her peers received. WOMEN IN TECH: VONDA PAGE Women in Tech: Vonda Page. “‘They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself,’” said Radical Change founder and CEO Vonda Page, quoting one of her favorite artists, Andy Warhol, during her recent keynote presentation at the Infotec 2021 virtual conference. INFOTEC 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE TO FEATURE KEYNOTE SPEAKER Life as a tech professional can be hard. Not at Infotec 2021, conference organizers say, previewing a robust virtual digital event experience aimed at helping attendees grow professionally while connecting with other IT and web professionals in the heartland. After successfully hosting Infotec 2020 in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AIM AGTECH STARTUP CORRAL TECHNOLOGIES WINS NEBRASKA CENTER April 13 was a big day for 22-year-old startup founder Jack Keating. The Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business had wrapped up its New Venture Competition, and Keating took home first prize: a $25,000 grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development to assist his new company, Corral Technologies, in REMOTE WORK ALLOWS MORE NEBRASKANS TO LIVE LOCAL, WORK Schafer said certain industry classifications, such as finance and insurance, and professional, scientific and technical services, prove much easier to transition online; about 75% of Nebraska workers in those industries went remote almost immediately back in March 2020. In Nebraska, the professional, scientific and technical services industry CATCHING UP WITH GAZELLA WI-FI FOUNDER ERIC BURNS AFTER 2019 ended on a high note for Omaha startup Gazella WiFi. In December, the company was acquired by St. Petersburg, Florida-based Bloom Intelligence, a Wi-Fi marketing and customer intelligence platform. Gazella’s services have been deployed in more than 2,000 Wi-Fi access points across 26 countries, a press release highlighting the acquisition said. Financial aspects of "AT HOME IN A CRISIS TRYING TO WORK": CHEERED ON BY THE Redesigning the COVID-era customer, expect lots of churn, a lower conversion rates, longer timespans, and a radically different relationship with users MVF: LYNN GELLERMAN OF ADENA VENTURES SPEAKS AT NETWORKING MVF: Lynn Gellerman of Adena Ventures speaks at Networking Dinner. Last Thursday, Lynn Gellerman, founding partner of Adena Ventures and a partner in Woodland Venture Management, spoke to an audience of about 60 Midlands Venture Forum members and non-members. His speech, titled “Venture Capital in Underserved Areas,” began with himcalling
MEET THE LATEST MEMBERS OF NMOTION'S ACCELERATOR STUDIO Four burgeoning startups supported by Lincoln-based NMotion, a gener8tor program, made their debut recently at the virtual Prairie Roots Spring Show. SPN asked the four teams to share a little about their businesses and what it was like going through the Accelerator Studio cohort. The startups represent a variety of business models andindustries, from
WOMEN IN TECH: VONDA PAGE Women in Tech: Vonda Page. “‘They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself,’” said Radical Change founder and CEO Vonda Page, quoting one of her favorite artists, Andy Warhol, during her recent keynote presentation at the Infotec 2021 virtual conference. PRAIRIE ROOTS RUN DEEP: NEW VIRTUAL CONFERENCE GROWS Last Friday marked the first-ever Prairie Roots Spring Show, a virtual event showcasing a variety of companies, creative projects and causes in that have survived—and in some cases, thrived—in the Midwest despite a tumultuous year. Created and curated by Scott Henderson, managing director of Lincoln-based NMotion, Prairie Roots gathered 100 business, creative and thought leaders REMOTE WORK ALLOWS MORE NEBRASKANS TO LIVE LOCAL, WORK Schafer said certain industry classifications, such as finance and insurance, and professional, scientific and technical services, prove much easier to transition online; about 75% of Nebraska workers in those industries went remote almost immediately back in March 2020. In Nebraska, the professional, scientific and technical services industry LATEST CROP OF IT MANAGERS GRADUATES AIM TECH LEADERS The AIM Institute recently held a virtual graduation ceremony in celebration of the latest cohort to complete the nonprofit tech organization’s Advanced Tech Leaders Academy, an intensive leadership development program for technology professionals. Thirty-four participants from 14 companies completed this an annual management course for tech professionals, the goal of which is KANSAS CITY-BASED PROGRAM THAT HELPS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS A Kansas City-based program that supports small business owners is accepting applications for its next cohort. The GROWTH360 program is centered around giving small business owners in the Kansas City metro a 360-degree perspective on their companies, helping them make better business decisions and avoid blind spots. The program is free to accepted entrepreneurs. Through OMAHA STARTUP WORKSHOP RAISES SEED ROUND, ADDS FORMER It’s full speed ahead for Omaha startup Workshop. The company, which provides an employee and internal communications software product, raised $3.5 million in a seed round. Also, former Flywheel founders and executives Dusty Davidson and Rick Knudtson are joining Derek Homann and Ben Stevinson as co-founders for the new endeavor. The fourmen previously all
MINDFULNESS STARTUP HERE SEES SUCCESS AFTER PIVOTING TO Though the U.S. national employment rate of 8.4% is about half of what it was at its lowest point in April, a patchwork of back-to-school plans and continued COVID-19 restrictions have left many people stuck in their homes—for better or worse. If Omaha startup HERE co-founder Dana Dyksterhuis has a say, it’ll be the former. TSTUD ™ – SAVING ENERGY HAS NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD Tstud ™ – saving energy has never looked so good. Roosevelt Energy Technologies, Inc., the exclusive North American licensee of the entire Tstud ™ product lineup and the Tstud ™ wall assembly, announced that it received two funding tranches totaling to $1m. $500k was allocated to the company in July; the other $500k will be given inthe
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Simple Strat – solving a not so simple problem for marketers everywhere. Last week, SPN had the chance to speak with Ali Schwanke, founder and CEO of Simple Strat. In short, Simple Strat is a Lincoln-based marketing agency that helps B2B companies with growth marketing through a variety of services including inbound and digitalmarketing
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NOW TRENDING. Meet the latest members of NMotion’s Accelerator Studio—and their innovations. Prairie Roots run deep: new virtual conference grows connections in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Latest crop of IT managers graduates AIM Tech Leaders Academy. Women in Tech: Evelyn Espinoza-Macias. FREE WEBINAR: RAPID GROWTH IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY 3 hours ago · At 2 pm today, Network After Work is offering a free webinar hosted by salesperson and bestselling author Matthew Pollard. The webinar focuses on transcending the “endless hamster wheel” of stalled growth. Organizers say participants will walk away understanding where they’ve gone wrong and how to get back on track with a few specific strategies. WOMEN IN TECH: EVELYN ESPINOZA-MACIAS Women in Tech: Evelyn Espinoza-Macias. Growing up in a low-income, Spanish-speaking household in South Omaha, Evelyn Espinoza-Macias said she always struggled with a language barrier. Her parents, though supportive, could not speak English or provide the same level of help on schoolwork that many of her peers received. WOMEN IN TECH: VONDA PAGE Women in Tech: Vonda Page. “‘They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself,’” said Radical Change founder and CEO Vonda Page, quoting one of her favorite artists, Andy Warhol, during her recent keynote presentation at the Infotec 2021 virtual conference. INFOTEC 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE TO FEATURE KEYNOTE SPEAKER Life as a tech professional can be hard. Not at Infotec 2021, conference organizers say, previewing a robust virtual digital event experience aimed at helping attendees grow professionally while connecting with other IT and web professionals in the heartland. After successfully hosting Infotec 2020 in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AIM AGTECH STARTUP CORRAL TECHNOLOGIES WINS NEBRASKA CENTER April 13 was a big day for 22-year-old startup founder Jack Keating. The Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business had wrapped up its New Venture Competition, and Keating took home first prize: a $25,000 grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development to assist his new company, Corral Technologies, in REMOTE WORK ALLOWS MORE NEBRASKANS TO LIVE LOCAL, WORK Schafer said certain industry classifications, such as finance and insurance, and professional, scientific and technical services, prove much easier to transition online; about 75% of Nebraska workers in those industries went remote almost immediately back in March 2020. In Nebraska, the professional, scientific and technical services industry CATCHING UP WITH GAZELLA WI-FI FOUNDER ERIC BURNS AFTER 2019 ended on a high note for Omaha startup Gazella WiFi. In December, the company was acquired by St. Petersburg, Florida-based Bloom Intelligence, a Wi-Fi marketing and customer intelligence platform. Gazella’s services have been deployed in more than 2,000 Wi-Fi access points across 26 countries, a press release highlighting the acquisition said. Financial aspects of "AT HOME IN A CRISIS TRYING TO WORK": CHEERED ON BY THE Redesigning the COVID-era customer, expect lots of churn, a lower conversion rates, longer timespans, and a radically different relationship with users MVF: LYNN GELLERMAN OF ADENA VENTURES SPEAKS AT NETWORKING MVF: Lynn Gellerman of Adena Ventures speaks at Networking Dinner. Last Thursday, Lynn Gellerman, founding partner of Adena Ventures and a partner in Woodland Venture Management, spoke to an audience of about 60 Midlands Venture Forum members and non-members. His speech, titled “Venture Capital in Underserved Areas,” began with himcalling
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NOW TRENDING. Meet the latest members of NMotion’s Accelerator Studio—and their innovations. Prairie Roots run deep: new virtual conference grows connections in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Latest crop of IT managers graduates AIM Tech Leaders Academy. Women in Tech: Evelyn Espinoza-Macias. FREE WEBINAR: RAPID GROWTH IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY 3 hours ago · At 2 pm today, Network After Work is offering a free webinar hosted by salesperson and bestselling author Matthew Pollard. The webinar focuses on transcending the “endless hamster wheel” of stalled growth. Organizers say participants will walk away understanding where they’ve gone wrong and how to get back on track with a few specific strategies. WOMEN IN TECH: EVELYN ESPINOZA-MACIAS Women in Tech: Evelyn Espinoza-Macias. Growing up in a low-income, Spanish-speaking household in South Omaha, Evelyn Espinoza-Macias said she always struggled with a language barrier. Her parents, though supportive, could not speak English or provide the same level of help on schoolwork that many of her peers received. WOMEN IN TECH: VONDA PAGE Women in Tech: Vonda Page. “‘They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself,’” said Radical Change founder and CEO Vonda Page, quoting one of her favorite artists, Andy Warhol, during her recent keynote presentation at the Infotec 2021 virtual conference. INFOTEC 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE TO FEATURE KEYNOTE SPEAKER Life as a tech professional can be hard. Not at Infotec 2021, conference organizers say, previewing a robust virtual digital event experience aimed at helping attendees grow professionally while connecting with other IT and web professionals in the heartland. After successfully hosting Infotec 2020 in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AIM AGTECH STARTUP CORRAL TECHNOLOGIES WINS NEBRASKA CENTER April 13 was a big day for 22-year-old startup founder Jack Keating. The Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business had wrapped up its New Venture Competition, and Keating took home first prize: a $25,000 grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic Development to assist his new company, Corral Technologies, in REMOTE WORK ALLOWS MORE NEBRASKANS TO LIVE LOCAL, WORK Schafer said certain industry classifications, such as finance and insurance, and professional, scientific and technical services, prove much easier to transition online; about 75% of Nebraska workers in those industries went remote almost immediately back in March 2020. In Nebraska, the professional, scientific and technical services industry CATCHING UP WITH GAZELLA WI-FI FOUNDER ERIC BURNS AFTER 2019 ended on a high note for Omaha startup Gazella WiFi. In December, the company was acquired by St. Petersburg, Florida-based Bloom Intelligence, a Wi-Fi marketing and customer intelligence platform. Gazella’s services have been deployed in more than 2,000 Wi-Fi access points across 26 countries, a press release highlighting the acquisition said. Financial aspects of "AT HOME IN A CRISIS TRYING TO WORK": CHEERED ON BY THE Redesigning the COVID-era customer, expect lots of churn, a lower conversion rates, longer timespans, and a radically different relationship with users MVF: LYNN GELLERMAN OF ADENA VENTURES SPEAKS AT NETWORKING MVF: Lynn Gellerman of Adena Ventures speaks at Networking Dinner. Last Thursday, Lynn Gellerman, founding partner of Adena Ventures and a partner in Woodland Venture Management, spoke to an audience of about 60 Midlands Venture Forum members and non-members. His speech, titled “Venture Capital in Underserved Areas,” began with himcalling
MEET THE LATEST MEMBERS OF NMOTION'S ACCELERATOR STUDIO Four burgeoning startups supported by Lincoln-based NMotion, a gener8tor program, made their debut recently at the virtual Prairie Roots Spring Show. SPN asked the four teams to share a little about their businesses and what it was like going through the Accelerator Studio cohort. The startups represent a variety of business models andindustries, from
WOMEN IN TECH: VONDA PAGE Women in Tech: Vonda Page. “‘They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself,’” said Radical Change founder and CEO Vonda Page, quoting one of her favorite artists, Andy Warhol, during her recent keynote presentation at the Infotec 2021 virtual conference. PRAIRIE ROOTS RUN DEEP: NEW VIRTUAL CONFERENCE GROWS Last Friday marked the first-ever Prairie Roots Spring Show, a virtual event showcasing a variety of companies, creative projects and causes in that have survived—and in some cases, thrived—in the Midwest despite a tumultuous year. Created and curated by Scott Henderson, managing director of Lincoln-based NMotion, Prairie Roots gathered 100 business, creative and thought leaders REMOTE WORK ALLOWS MORE NEBRASKANS TO LIVE LOCAL, WORK Schafer said certain industry classifications, such as finance and insurance, and professional, scientific and technical services, prove much easier to transition online; about 75% of Nebraska workers in those industries went remote almost immediately back in March 2020. In Nebraska, the professional, scientific and technical services industry LATEST CROP OF IT MANAGERS GRADUATES AIM TECH LEADERS The AIM Institute recently held a virtual graduation ceremony in celebration of the latest cohort to complete the nonprofit tech organization’s Advanced Tech Leaders Academy, an intensive leadership development program for technology professionals. Thirty-four participants from 14 companies completed this an annual management course for tech professionals, the goal of which is KANSAS CITY-BASED PROGRAM THAT HELPS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS A Kansas City-based program that supports small business owners is accepting applications for its next cohort. The GROWTH360 program is centered around giving small business owners in the Kansas City metro a 360-degree perspective on their companies, helping them make better business decisions and avoid blind spots. The program is free to accepted entrepreneurs. Through OMAHA STARTUP WORKSHOP RAISES SEED ROUND, ADDS FORMER It’s full speed ahead for Omaha startup Workshop. The company, which provides an employee and internal communications software product, raised $3.5 million in a seed round. Also, former Flywheel founders and executives Dusty Davidson and Rick Knudtson are joining Derek Homann and Ben Stevinson as co-founders for the new endeavor. The fourmen previously all
MINDFULNESS STARTUP HERE SEES SUCCESS AFTER PIVOTING TO Though the U.S. national employment rate of 8.4% is about half of what it was at its lowest point in April, a patchwork of back-to-school plans and continued COVID-19 restrictions have left many people stuck in their homes—for better or worse. If Omaha startup HERE co-founder Dana Dyksterhuis has a say, it’ll be the former. TSTUD ™ – SAVING ENERGY HAS NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD Tstud ™ – saving energy has never looked so good. Roosevelt Energy Technologies, Inc., the exclusive North American licensee of the entire Tstud ™ product lineup and the Tstud ™ wall assembly, announced that it received two funding tranches totaling to $1m. $500k was allocated to the company in July; the other $500k will be given inthe
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CATCHING UP WITH GAZELLA WI-FI FOUNDER ERIC BURNS AFTER 2019 ended on a high note for Omaha startup Gazella WiFi. In December, the company was acquired by St. Petersburg, Florida-based Bloom Intelligence, a Wi-Fi marketing and customer intelligence platform. Gazella’s services have been deployed in more than 2,000 Wi-Fi access points across 26 countries, a press release highlighting the acquisition said. Financial aspects of VENTURE CAFÉ ST. LOUIS ANNOUNCES FIRST EXPERT-IN-RESIDENCE Venture Café St. Louis, a nonprofit organization connecting aspiring entrepreneurs and founders, recently launched an expert-in-residence program to support individuals and teams building early-stage startups and education programs that address educational inequity and other systemic challenges. Part of the organization’s EdHub initiative, the expert-in-residence program will feature Dr AFTER SELLING OMAHA STARTUP MEDIAN, CO-FOUNDERS SET AIM ON Two Omaha entrepreneurs are celebrating the sale of their first start-up, Median, while looking ahead to the next endeavor. Derek Homann and Ben Stevinson recently announced that Dallas-based telecommunications company Loup had acquired the co-browsing startup in late October. The sale, for an undisclosed amount, comes more than three years after the duo left their "AT HOME IN A CRISIS TRYING TO WORK": CHEERED ON BY THE Redesigning the COVID-era customer, expect lots of churn, a lower conversion rates, longer timespans, and a radically different relationship with users DEDICATED TO INNOVATING: MUTUAL OF OMAHA’S INNOVATION DAY How do you encourage the IT staff of a 109-year-old insurance company to have the innovative mindset of a startup? Give them a little time and space and get out of the way! Twice annually, Mutual of Omaha’s entire Information Services operation (approximately 1,000 associates) gathers for Innovation Day – a day devoted to exploring, MVF: LYNN GELLERMAN OF ADENA VENTURES SPEAKS AT NETWORKING Last Thursday, Lynn Gellerman, founding partner of Adena Ventures and a partner in Woodland Venture Management, spoke to an audience of about 60 Midlands Venture Forum members and non-members. His speech, titled “Venture Capital in Underserved Areas,” began with him calling to mind his Nebraska connections: his hometown is Columbus, his undergraduate alma mater isSPN HOMEPAGE
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CATCHING UP WITH GAZELLA WI-FI FOUNDER ERIC BURNS AFTER 2019 ended on a high note for Omaha startup Gazella WiFi. In December, the company was acquired by St. Petersburg, Florida-based Bloom Intelligence, a Wi-Fi marketing and customer intelligence platform. Gazella’s services have been deployed in more than 2,000 Wi-Fi access points across 26 countries, a press release highlighting the acquisition said. Financial aspects of VENTURE CAFÉ ST. LOUIS ANNOUNCES FIRST EXPERT-IN-RESIDENCE Venture Café St. Louis, a nonprofit organization connecting aspiring entrepreneurs and founders, recently launched an expert-in-residence program to support individuals and teams building early-stage startups and education programs that address educational inequity and other systemic challenges. Part of the organization’s EdHub initiative, the expert-in-residence program will feature Dr AFTER SELLING OMAHA STARTUP MEDIAN, CO-FOUNDERS SET AIM ON Two Omaha entrepreneurs are celebrating the sale of their first start-up, Median, while looking ahead to the next endeavor. Derek Homann and Ben Stevinson recently announced that Dallas-based telecommunications company Loup had acquired the co-browsing startup in late October. The sale, for an undisclosed amount, comes more than three years after the duo left their "AT HOME IN A CRISIS TRYING TO WORK": CHEERED ON BY THE Redesigning the COVID-era customer, expect lots of churn, a lower conversion rates, longer timespans, and a radically different relationship with users DEDICATED TO INNOVATING: MUTUAL OF OMAHA’S INNOVATION DAY How do you encourage the IT staff of a 109-year-old insurance company to have the innovative mindset of a startup? Give them a little time and space and get out of the way! Twice annually, Mutual of Omaha’s entire Information Services operation (approximately 1,000 associates) gathers for Innovation Day – a day devoted to exploring, MVF: LYNN GELLERMAN OF ADENA VENTURES SPEAKS AT NETWORKING Last Thursday, Lynn Gellerman, founding partner of Adena Ventures and a partner in Woodland Venture Management, spoke to an audience of about 60 Midlands Venture Forum members and non-members. His speech, titled “Venture Capital in Underserved Areas,” began with him calling to mind his Nebraska connections: his hometown is Columbus, his undergraduate alma mater is WOMEN IN TECH: VONDA PAGE “‘They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself,’” said Radical Change founder and CEO Vonda Page, quoting one of her favorite artists, Andy Warhol, during her recent keynote presentation at the Infotec 2021 virtual conference. “What types of changes TIME TO STOP THE SUMMER SLIDE: DO SPACE KICKS OFF ITS The summer slide isn’t just some scorching metal tube of playground equipment. It’s also a phenomenon you might remember from youth: that slackening of the mind that accompanies summer vacation and forgotten subject matter. In other words, the bane of all teachers everywhere. To #stoptheslide, Do Space is once again instituting its annual summer passport INFOTEC 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE TO FEATURE KEYNOTE SPEAKER Life as a tech professional can be hard. Not at Infotec 2021, conference organizers say, previewing a robust virtual digital event experience aimed at helping attendees grow professionally while connecting with other IT and web professionals in the heartland. After successfully hosting Infotec 2020 in a virtual format due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AIM LATEST CROP OF IT MANAGERS GRADUATES AIM TECH LEADERS The AIM Institute recently held a virtual graduation ceremony in celebration of the latest cohort to complete the nonprofit tech organization’s Advanced Tech Leaders Academy, an intensive leadership development program for technology professionals. Thirty-four participants from 14 companies completed this an annual management course for tech professionals, the goal of which is 8 QS WITH A SILICON PRAIRIE FOUNDER: DANA DYKSTERHUIS OF Dana Dyksterhuis (above left, next to co-founder Jen Armstrong) is co-founder of HERE: For You, For Them, a mindfulness-based mental health support company with offices in Omaha and London.Dyksterhuis and her company are part of the Startup Collaborative. She gave some insightful responses about working from home during the pandemic in a previous SPN article.OMAHA ARCHIVES
The mission of Silicon Prairie News is to grow, connect and inspire the tech innovation communities of the Midwest. OMAHA STARTUP WORKSHOP RAISES SEED ROUND, ADDS FORMER It’s full speed ahead for Omaha startup Workshop. The company, which provides an employee and internal communications software product, raised $3.5 million in a seed round. Also, former Flywheel founders and executives Dusty Davidson and Rick Knudtson are joining Derek Homann and Ben Stevinson as co-founders for the new endeavor. The fourmen previously all
IO2020: THE NEW INNOVATORS’ SUMMIT CONNECTS IO2020: the New Innovator's Summit is the new virtual iteration of the popular IO Summit for startups, investors and innovators "LIKE DRIVING AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER": DEVELOPING SKILLED The state of Nebraska needs skilled workers. Badly. University of Nebraska Provost Susan Fritz last year acknowledged that that state faces demand for 15,000 new workers in engineering and computer science alone by 2026. Speaking generally of the gap between supply and demand of skilled labor in early 2019, former NU president HankBounds called
CERTIFIED CELL GIVES USERS MORE AUTONOMY OVER TECHNOLOGY Certified Cell gives users more autonomy over technology. An up-and-coming Omaha startup is advising iPhone users to think twice before swapping out their old or damaged devices for new ones. Joshua Hample, co-founder and CEO of Omaha-based startup Certified Cell, says in many cases, defects that seem irreparable are actually fixable,though
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DEDICATED TO INNOVATING: MUTUAL OF OMAHA’S INNOVATION DAYMUTUAL OF OMAHA PRODUCTSTHE MUTUAL OF OMAHAMUTUAL OF OMAHA LIFEMUTUAL OF OMAHA WEBSITEMUTUAL OF OMAHA WIKIMUTUAL OF OMAHA CORPORATE How do you encourage the IT staff of a 109-year-old insurance company to have the innovative mindset of a startup? Give them a little time and space and get out of the way! Twice annually, Mutual of Omaha’s entire Information Services operation (approximately 1,000 associates) gathers for Innovation Day – a day devoted to exploring, MVF: LYNN GELLERMAN OF ADENA VENTURES SPEAKS AT NETWORKING Last Thursday, Lynn Gellerman, founding partner of Adena Ventures and a partner in Woodland Venture Management, spoke to an audience of about 60 Midlands Venture Forum members and non-members. His speech, titled “Venture Capital in Underserved Areas,” began with him calling to mind his Nebraska connections: his hometown is Columbus, his undergraduate alma mater isSPN HOMEPAGE
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