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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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