March 15, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Lincoln The third Nebraska Code Camp has arrived. It kicked off this morning—a day earlier that last year—with a variety of workshops. Tomorrow's action starts at 9 a.m., and keynote speaker Ted Neward takes the stage at 9:15. The event, which takes place … read more
Lincoln Hurrdat founder and CEO Blake Lawrence on Tuesday received the "New Company Entrepreneur Award" at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Distinguished Entrepreneur Awards, part of the EntrepreneuringDays@UNL event. Lawrence graduated from UNL in 2009 and went on to … read more
March 8, 2013 by Guest Contributor
Lincoln (Guest post by Deana Ward.) Working with family and friends—like anything in life—can be completely awesome or totally awful. Over the course of my career, I've experienced both extremes (and everything in between). Currently, Gear Five Studio is a Petri dish for personal work relationships. My brother and I are business partners. Our art director is married to one of our graphic designers. Our sales guy and marketing assistant are siblings. Said sales guy dates our art director’s sister. Our newest developer is a close buddy of the same sales guy. Last week I ran an anonymous in-house survey … read more
March 6, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Lincoln The University of Nebraska-Lincoln student-led entrepreneurship organization HIVE is hosting the school's first Startup Weekend this Friday-Sunday. After participation in "some of the best" Startup Weekend events … read more
March 1, 2013 by Guest Contributor
Lincoln (Guest post by Stephanie Jarrett.) My husband Paul and I have put our marriage to the test more than a few times. We've worked at ad agencies together, we've been poor together and we’ve moved cross-country more than once. Each time after moving furniture into a new apartment, in a new city, I've looked at Paul as we sit amongst our packed garbage bags and say, "We did it! And we hardly even argued." And Paul's common response is "If that's the hardest challenge we face, our lives will be cake." I used to think that moving, creating a home or financial strife were some of the toughest tests … read more
February 27, 2013 by Patti Vannoy
Lincoln East Coast native Mark Crawford is often asked why he moved to Omaha last June. He has some answers down pat. "Besides Dan's sell job on the beautiful beaches and 70-degree days, I can go up to the mountains and ski," joked the CEO of Invest Nebraska, referring to the organization's COO, Dan Hoffman, who recruited him. No, really. Well, he said, he had no wife, no kids, no mortgage, so "I could." For real though. At Invest Nebraska, "there's an opportunity to make a true impact" as an investor … read more
February 26, 2013 by Joe Stych
Lincoln Pulling together a hotel reservation, affordable flight and list of activities for a vacation can be daunting. Getting a whole group to agree on travel plans is an entirely different beast. David Chait, a Columbia University graduate student in New York, faced that problem when coordinating a trip for a friend's bachelor party. "We were literally 78 emails … read more
February 25, 2013 by Patti Vannoy
Lincoln Sarah Gauger knows that if the resale and consignment shop her mother started in the late '70s is to survive, she needs to attract a new generation of customers. So she and her mother and sister rebranded the Lincoln store two years ago, changing the name from One More Time to omt! She also started loading photos of merchandise onto Facebook, but found it cumbersome, tedious … read more
February 22, 2013 by Danny Schreiber
Lincoln Awesome Camp, Lincoln, Neb.'s local take on the popular BarCamp unconference, returns the first two days of March for its fourth iteration. In addition to the loose schedule – attendees sign up for presentations upon arrival Saturday morning – this year's event will also feature scheduled keynote talks, including one from GitHub developer Zach Holman (left). This year's event cost $20 and kicks off the night of March 1 with a party at Red9, the venue for the full-day event on Saturday, as well. To register or learn more, visit awesomecamp.com. … read more
February 22, 2013 by Guest Contributor
Lincoln (Guest post by John Wirtz.) I'll never forget the most intimidating spreadsheet I ever had to face. It was winter 2009, and this piece of paper was just sitting there on my desk staring at me. It wasn't our sales goals for the year. It wasn't a list of the hairiest bugs in Hudl. It wasn't our steadily-decreasing statement of cash flows. It was a list of head football coach names, email addresses, and phone numbers from high schools here in Lincoln, Neb., and it was scaring the hell out of me. | Hudl in winter 2009: Going into the 2008 football season, our Hudl video analysis system was up and running … read more
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