September 8, 2010 by Guest Contributor
Omaha (21st Century Systems, left, is an Omaha-based SBIR recipient.) Guest post by Tom Chapman: In January, I contributed a guest post to Silicon Prairie News that discussed the reasons for measuring venture capital as a bellwether for investment and investible deals (Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem: what does success look like?). Another… read more
June 29, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Omaha This past Friday, June 25, the Omaha World-Herald published an article focusing on Nebraska's second to last ranking in a recently released report from the Kauffman Foundation: the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, 1996-2009. Titled Business startups lag, business reporter Ross Boettcher interviewed the author of the report, economics and finance professor Robert Fairli, as well as a… read more
June 7, 2010 by Jill Bruckner
Omaha The following article is part of a special insert in the June 3-9 issue of The Reader, a weekly newspaper focusing on the area's culture. | For high-tech entrepreneurs, cutting-edge communicators and government grant recipients, making the right connections sometimes means the difference between explosive growth and standing still. Enter Innovation Accelerator, located at the Scott Technology Center. Designed to help set in motion viable ideas with positive economic potential, Innovation Accelerator’s experts create unions and forge paths between like-minded individuals, progressive corporations, academicians, forward-thinking small business owners and others. The result: A push for excellence in an increasingly competitive technology… (pictured left, executive director Traci Hancock, photo by Marlon A. Wright) read more
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