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3622_c6bb56a3f2_small February 13, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Washington, D.C. As promised last week when we published an initial recap of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's State of Entrepreneurship Address, we now have the full video of the proceedings for your viewing pleasure. At the event, which took place on Thursday in Washington, D.C., Benno Schmidt, the Kauffman Foundation's interim president and … read more

3611_fd70dce947_small February 9, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Washington, D.C. A group of government officials, academics and non-profit leaders convened today in Washington, D.C. to call for the reduction of legislation and regulation that they believe is impeding the progress of the country's high-growth startups. Benno Schmidt, the interim president and CEO of the Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and Govs. Dave Heineman of Nebraska and Jack Markell of Delaware, who both attended on behalf of the National Governors … read more

3610_f1c247d1e7_small February 9, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Washington, D.C. Benno Schmidt, the interim president and CEO of the Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and Gov. Dave Heineman of Nebraska headline a group of speakers slated to talk today at the Kauffman Foundation's third annual State of Entrepreneurship Address in Washington, D.C. The event is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Central Time and continue for 90 minutes … read more

3506_3c32367741_small January 25, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Washington, D.C. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation will host its third annual State of Entrepreneurship Address on Feb. 9 to explore methods of promoting entrepreneurship, sparking innovation and accelerating economic growth through changes in state law and policy. The event will be held in Washington, D.C., but it will have a distinct Silicon Prairie flavor … read more

3212_50b7799d6b_small December 2, 2011 by Brittany Mascio

La Vista Gallup's Entrepreneur Acceleration System (EAS), a small business mentoring initiative, will hold its first EAS Impact Summit from 10-11:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 at the Embassy Suites Omaha-La Vista/Hotel & Conference Center (12520 Westport Parkway) in La Vista, Neb. With the help of Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman, Gallup will honor participants … read more

2374_3446281712_small June 10, 2011 by Michael Stacy

Omaha From the home base of one made-in-Nebraska startup success story, Gov. Dave Heineman today touted measures recently passed to enable other such stories. Heineman visited Hayneedle headquarters to highlight opportunities afforded to Nebraska businesses by the four-part Talent & Innovation Initiative, which passed during the recently completed legislative session. Among the Talent & Innovation Initiative’s … read more

1892_7a82a8b241_small March 7, 2011 by Michael Stacy

Omaha Before he looked toward the future during a Thursday meeting at The Gallup Organization's headquarters, Gallup vice-chairman and chief financial officer Jim Krieger discussed past efforts in support of entrepreneurship in Nebraska. "Now," Krieger said, "we're going to step it up a notch." Gov. Dave Heineman then introduced a new partnership aimed… read more

1778_37580f3d43_small February 11, 2011 by Dusty Davidson

Lincoln In this four-part series, Tom Chapman, director of innovation and entrepreneurship for the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, broke down four bills that are a part of Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman's "Talent and Innovation Initiative." Here's a run down of the bills and links to the posts: LB 386: Nebraska Internship Bill – Special Series Post, LB 387: Business Innovation Act – Special Series Post, LB 388… read more

1674_8abdae97ee_small January 14, 2011 by Dusty Davidson

Lincoln (Photo from governor.nebraska.gov) In his annual State of the State Address yesterday, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman unveiled his budget and plan for the next year and beyond. Included in this budget were a number of incentives and programs aimed at further improving Nebraska as a place to start and grow businesses. The so-called "Talent and Innovation Initiative… read more

650_acffc56df1_small February 18, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski

La Vista On Wednesday, Yahoo! opened its new 180,000-square-foot data center in LaVista, located just south of Omaha. Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang was on hand for the celebration. In 1994, Yang, along with his business partner David Filo, founded Yahoo! while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The Nebraska data center is servicing Internet traffic around the world, and once Phase II is completed, it will be one of the company's largest data center facilities. Currently… read more