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September 2, 2009 by Jeff Slobotski

Lincoln I ran across this video interview of Governor Dave Heineman shared by a colleague at the AIM Institute and thought it was an interesting three-part discussion on the Governor's use and direction to align Nebraska with the title ... read more

August 11, 2009 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha From our friends at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce comes a new study result highlighting a few states in the Silicon Prairie... The study, “Pollina Corporate Top 10 Pro-Business States for 2009: Rebuilding American’s Economic ... read more

August 4, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

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

June 30, 2009 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha From our friends at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce comes some new facts and figures on the great city and state many of us call home... It's been a busy quarter for national attention in Omaha and Nebraska ... read more

June 30, 2009 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha We sat down with John Moorhead of Free Air Collective who told us a bit more about what they're working on in the Western part of the state. You'll recall they just announced "Trivia on Twitter" through a ... read more

June 29, 2009 by Jeff Slobotski

Lincoln Awhile back, we had an opportunity to talk in-depth with Colby Thomson of Lincoln-based Allied Strategy. His privately held company, founded in 2003, is geared to improve insurance industry work flows. Colby is a graduate of UNL's ... read more

June 17, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha After an exciting announcement for start-ups yesterday from Leap Ventures, we received a press release from Invest Nebraska Corporation today announcing the launch of its Operational Assistance program, which will invest up to $25,000 in selected companies. (Will ... read more

June 12, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Over the past few months, there's been a buzz around Omaha about new initiatives and organizations forming to accelerate the growth of our start up community. Midlands Venture Forum, who we've partnered with to publicize and rebroadcast its ... read more

April 15, 2009 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha As we reported, Evan Williams of Twitter was at UNL's Raikes School last Friday afternoon.  It was interesting to hear directly from Evan on his vision, history and outlook into Twitter's future.  Enjoy and stay tuned ... read more

April 9, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Lincoln Nebraska native Evan Williams will return to his home state tomorrow to participate in a series of events at his alma mater, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Unfortunately, these events are not open to the public, but two of them will ... read more