May 20, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Lincoln After three months in private beta, Lincoln, Neb., startup Boutique Window on Friday began letting any small retailer sign up for its online marketing tool. The startup's software, which costs users $40-$60 per month, aims to make it easy for brick-and-mortar stores, such as clothing boutiques, to showcase their merchandise online in order to boost sales offline. "Boutique Window has saved our customers time by allowing them to publish … read more
Lincoln State-funded venture capital organization Invest Nebraska recently announced it put an undisclosed amount into Lincoln, Neb.-based Pro-Fit Performance Club Fitting, a company constructing a club-fitting software system. "Pro-Fit has been able to effectively deliver an entirely … read more
Lincoln An effort to increase the funds set aside for Nebraska's angel investment tax credit from $3 million to $5 million met its match Friday as lawmakers failed to give the bill a first-round approval, according to the Omaha World-Herald. Created in 2011, the program provides tax credits to angel investors … read more
April 19, 2013 by Guest Contributor
Lincoln Black Girls Code: a bold name for a bold organization. Kimberly Bryant founded the San Francisco-based nonprofit last year with a mission to close the gap of women and people of color in STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) fields. She is getting young girls interested in technology by introducing them to programming. After a successful year of holding workshops across the nation and abroad to introduce thousands of girls to tech … read more
Lincoln On the Startup America blog earlier this month, Nebraska Global managing principal Steve Kiene said Startup Nebraska has "taken a very different approach to impacting (its) startup ecosystem" in comparison to other states. Kiene, one of four Startup Nebraska champions … read more
April 17, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Lincoln Travefy, the Lincoln, Neb. startup co-founded by Hudl's former development team lead, is set today to unveil its beta product at DEMO Mobile in San Francisco. The company, which we first covered in February, aims to ease the process of booking group travel. … read more
April 5, 2013 by Megan Bannister
Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln's new Mobile Media Lab is the recipient of a $200,000 grant from the Knight Foundation, the institution announced Thursday. Gary Kebbel, who joined UNL's journalism college in 2010, is spearheading the program. "(The Mobile Media Lab) will seek innovative and effective uses of mobile media and then publicize those ideas and best practices," Kebbel, whose resume includes a five-year stint at Knight, said on his blog. "We will also consider commercial applications of these ideas and practices." The grant will be used to create demonstrative … read more
March 26, 2013 by Kate Ellingson
Lincoln When Jill Thayer Liliedahl, founder of the frozen treat company Pop Art, and Amber Pankonin, creator of the health-oriented recipe app StirList, met on the Lincoln, Neb. startup scene, the pair began noticing a missing demographic at the events they were attending. Both women were startled by the lack of female entrepreneurs. "We would show up to all these startup events, and we were practically the only women there," Thayer Liliedahl said. "We wanted more to show up." Inspired by … read more
March 25, 2013 by Megan Bannister
Lincoln Organizers of Health Care Connect, an geared toward creating new businesses is Lincoln, are looking to members of the local tech community to help health care providers solve every day problems. The project began earlier this year as an initiative through the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development, an effort between the city and Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, according to the Lincoln Journal … read more
March 17, 2013 by Guest Contributor
Lincoln (Guest post by Kyle Murphy.) It's damn hard to recruit and hire great user-centered design talent right now. Demand is palpably high. Supply seems depressingly low. Midwestern organizations are competing against every Silicon Valley startup throwing cash and options at the limited talent pool. To win the recruiting battle against companies in hotspots like San Francisco and New York City, your opportunity can't be … read more
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