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Meet SPN in Kearney this Weekend for Back-to-Back Events
The SPN team is heading to Kearney to host a Friday evening happy hour, and the 10 Hour Challenge on Saturday. See you there?
NEW FOR 2024!
Upcoming events
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- You’re invited to the Turbine Flats 2024 Crawfish Boil, Friday, May 3, 5-8pm at Turbine Flats in Lincoln.
- Join Nebraska Enterprise Fund for a celebration of Cinco de Mayo featuring Latino small business owners sharing their journeys alongside authentic Mexican food and drinks at the NEF office in Omaha, Monday, May 6, 11am-2pm.
- Register for the Marigold Lunch & Learn with Mansa Latham to learn how to utilize video marketing to tell your brand’s story, Tuesday, May 7, 11:30am-1pm, at Elevator Co-Warehousing in Omaha
- Learn more about the 8(a) Business Development Program: A Federal Certification for Disadvantaged-Owned Businesses either in person in Omaha or online on Thursday, May 9, 9-10:30am.
- RSVP to the first IDEA Forum: Koley Jessen at Happy Hollow Country Club in Omaha, Thursday, May 9, 11am-4:45pm. IDEA stands for: Intellectual Property, Data Privacy, Existing & Emerging Technology, and Artificial Intelligence.
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ICYMI: Updates from around the ecosystem
Have an announcement or event you’d like to share? Send it to tips@siliconprairienews.com.
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- The Weekly Rundown is on hiatus for now. We plan to release the next iteration of the segment this summer. Stay tuned.
- Omaha startup Maxwell is featured in Google’s 2023 Economic Impact Report.
- Applications are due Monday, May 13 for the No More Empty Pots Food Entrepreneur Pitch Competition.
- The UNL Center for Entrepreneurship presented awards to eight entrepreneurs, including four awards that were presented for the first time. Check out the full list here.
- Forbes named Omaha the best city to move to in 2024.
10-Hour Challenge
The 10 Hour Challenge is heading to the University of Nebraska at Kearney for a one-day hackathon on Saturday, April 27.
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Weekly Rundown Ep. 27 | Taking a Pause
This is not good-bye…Thank you all for supporting the Weekly Rundown! We’ve enjoyed uplifting innovators in Nebraska. Karlha Velasquez has been instrumental in this amazing project, and we wish her the best in the next chapter of her career.