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3961_94be59da7a_small April 12, 2012 by Danny Schreiber

Lincoln Calvin Pappas, founder of internet privacy startup SelectOut, recently recounted his experience of spending a summer in Silicon Valley as an intern and then returning to Lincoln, Nebraska to pursue his entrepreneurial endeavor. "(Silicon Valley) has everything you could possibly want," Pappas (left) said in an Ignite Lincoln presentation in January. "They offered me several jobs to drop out of school and stay there, but I decided to come back here to Lincoln. … read more

3943_139633e19b_small April 11, 2012 by Patti Vannoy

Lincoln University of Nebraska-Lincoln journalism practice professor Matt Waite will serve as a speaker and mentor at Hack Omaha this weekend. The path that brought him there includes ventures as varied as a book on wetlands preservation, a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting and work on the cutting edge of drone journalism. But it's a path that's perhaps best appreciated chronologically. A native of Blair, Neb., Waite entered the university where he now … read more

3940_a80cbd8a1f_small April 9, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Lincoln Startup Weekend's spread through the region's major college towns continues. Organizers today announced that Startup Weekend Lincoln will make its debut September 7-9 … read more

3926_526bfc68ca_small April 6, 2012 by Guest Contributor

Lincoln (This is a guest post by Calvin Pappas.) Following up Dusty Davidson's great article on goal setting will be no easy task, but coincidentally by writing this I'm taking a step in the right direction for one of my goals to write more. Looking back on what process I go through to set and achieve goals has really helped me better understand what it is that makes early stage startups tick. For me it comes down to setting goals that people would call me crazy for, but then creating bite-sized and focused to-do items to tackle them. When I was starting SelectOut … read more

3868_87f51c3b05_small March 27, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Lincoln Roundscapes, a Lincoln technology startup and immersive media specialist, today announced it has relaunched as 42, a digital agency and software lab. As part of the relaunch, the company has closed a $1.5 million, multi-year round of ... read more

3843_c78de2f53b_small March 22, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Lincoln Hudl is hiring. Of course, it might be difficult for the guys and gals at the Lincoln-based startup to get through many applications when they're doing … so … much … dancing!!! Hudl, which makes web-based video and analysis tools for sports, reminded the world (read: prospective employees) that it knows how to have a good time (and isn't afraid to push the … read more

3784_174ffa529f_small March 19, 2012 by Kate Ellingson

Lincoln Earlier this month, we reported on Red Brain Inc., the University of Nebraska-Lincoln spinout company that recently introduced its first product, CrimeView NEARme. Last week, we sat down with Ian Cottingham, Red Brain’s president and co-founder, Kevin Farrell, Red Brain’s vice president and co-founder, and Alan Tomkins (left), the director of the University of Nebraska's Public Policy Center, to take a closer look at the startup. Silicon Prairie News: How did Red Brain get started? … read more

3786_d2112b91db_small March 14, 2012 by Chris Wolfgang

Lincoln Andrew Norman, editor-in-chief of Hear Nebraska, doesn't want the rest of the state to grow up like he did: knowing nothing about the plethora of music being created all over Nebraska. The small town of Imperial, Neb., had the Internet when he was growing up, "but not at my house," Norman (far left) said. "So I listened to what everyone else listened to. The music from the coasts." But with the help of friends, he got into punk rock, which evolved into discovering less mainstream music, which led to an … read more

3759_8fd9c65a57_small March 8, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Lincoln With a smorgasbord of apps to assist would-be diners in locating somewhere in the neighborhood to break bread, why aren't there similar applications to aid police officers in finding and deterring bad? Back when Lincoln Public Safety Director Tom Casady was the chief of the Lincoln Police Department, he began to ponder that problem. Now, thanks to technology developed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a solution will soon be made available to police … read more

3718_c44feee8fc_small March 6, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Lincoln Archrival last week laid claim to another Facebook first. Archrival, the Lincoln-based youth marketing agency that's part of the Austin, Texas-based Dachis Group, launched Red Bull's new Facebook Timeline as one of a select few Facebook partners that were given early access to Timeline for brands. As part of the new Red Bull Facebook page, Archrival introduced Red Bull Timeline Timewarp … read more

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