Lincoln Last night's Creative Capital Pitch Session in Lincoln brought about 60 people to Turbine Flats to watch our eight contestants pitch their ideas in five minutes or less. Ideas ranged from a ratings website for senior care facilities to ... read more
Omaha We just received a press release from Invest Nebraska, Inc. on a story we covered in June thanks to it breaking in the Twittersphere: CrowdPicks Secures its First Investment, Receives Funding from Invest Nebraska. The press release tells why CrowdPicks ... read more
Omaha I apologize for my tardiness on posting this video. Through our partnership with the Midlands Venture Forum, we've agreed to post video of all of their events. Although this took place over a month ago, I still strongly encourage ... read more
Omaha More big news in the Twittersphere today. One of the co-founders of Omaha-based CrowdPicks.com, Jeff Murnane, announced: "CrowdPicks has officially secured their first investment. Not a huge amount, but enough for near term goals. Thanks Invest Nebraska!" ... read more
Omaha So, you think you've got it? Maybe it came to you at the first pitch session, or Big Omaha, or on your way to work yesterday. Whatever the case, we want to hear it! After a successful first event, ... read more
Omaha We received soooo many good ideas and submissions for InvestNebraska's first pitch session! So many, that it made it very difficult to narrow them down. In alphabetical-by-first-name order, here are the 10 finalists! Each of ... read more
Omaha UPDATE 2/4 @ 4:00pm: There have been a lot of questions regarding the deadline for the contest. While the original post said the 10th, we thought the 10 chosen people would need a little time to prepare, so we ... read more
Omaha On February 12th, your most innovative and creative idea could earn you a quick $1000! Invest Nebraska, Silicon Prairie News and Nomad Lounge have partnered to bring our state's most creative ideas together for 2009's first Creative Capital ... read more