December 22, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Lincoln Nebraska Global on Tuesday announced its latest investment: Beehive Industries, a company that makes infrastructure management software. The deal is the fourth announced in a span of 16 months by the Lincoln-based software investment fund, which was established in 2010 with the goal of launching 10 companies in five years. "Beehive is an excellent fit … read more
December 21, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Lincoln Hudl’s crib may not feature a 450-square-foot bed adorned with the Superman logo (a la Shaquile O’Neal's) or an on-site helicopter pad (like 50 Cent's). But, rest assured, the Lincoln-based startup's space has its fair share of creature comforts. Hudl, which makes web-based video and analysis tools for sports coaches, highlights some of those amenities in a video … read more
December 19, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Lincoln Who's better on Twitter than Stephen Colbert, Steve Martin, Sarah Silverman and a man who calls himself "Drunk Hulk"? Nebraska's own Tim Siedell, of course, at least that's the opinion of Paste Magazine who today released its "100 Best Twitter Accounts of 2011" and ranked the man behind the @BadBanana … read more
December 15, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Lincoln Dude, let's go bowling. That, it seems, is a common sentiment right now among Hudl's partners in the college football ranks. Hudl, the Lincoln company that makes web-based video and analysis tools for sports coaches, published a blog post yesterday … read more
December 8, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Lincoln Steve Kiene and his team at Nebraska Global have a hefty responsibility to carry out: invest the $37.3 million investors have turned over to them to start software businesses in Nebraska. Some of those dollars have been invested, but there's still money to hand out. On top of investing, they've also taken on – and not so much by choice – another responsibility: be a leader in the state's startup community. … read more
December 7, 2011 by Patti Vannoy
Lincoln For Lincoln-based Nelnet, investing in local startups is part business and part contributing to an "ecosystem" of strong startups and growing businesses in Nebraska. "If we can create a better environment in our community for startups, technology, whatever it is, that's only going to benefit Nelnet," said Ben Kiser, Nelnet's managing director of communication services. Creating a community with more … read more
December 7, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Lincoln Well, the program is just getting off the ground – and its drones aren't quite there yet – but this will be something to keep an eye on in 2012. On Friday, prof. Matt Waite of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln published a blog post announcing the Drone … read more
December 7, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Lincoln As a follow up to one of our most-read stories this week, we're posting the full video of the Archrival co-founders taking the stage at the Capital Insights event put on by the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce's Young Professionals Group on November 30. For our recap of Clint! Runge and Charlie Hull's "Charlie Rose style" discussion with Christopher Kingsley … read more
December 5, 2011 by Patti Vannoy
Lincoln In January 2010, Archrival founders Clint! Runge and Charlie Hull agreed: they were bored. "Things are going pretty well," they said. "What should we do to shake things up?" Two weeks later, Runge had a voicemail from Jeffrey Dachis, which ultimately led to Dachis Group acquiring the youth marketing firm in November 2010. On Wednesday, Runge and Hull reflected on Archrival's history … read more
November 30, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Lincoln This post might fit better under a series titled Wednesday Queasy than our new occasional series Wednesday Whimsy. Archrival, a Lincoln-based youth marketing firm, has a knack for stregthening brands, building buzz and churning out award-winning designs. Now, it can add creating suspense to that list, as well. In a video posted on Friday, Archrival … read more
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