In a victory for startup ecosystem advocates, Gov. Jim Pillen announced on Dec. 22 that the Business Innovation Act will ...

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An EDC is a common model in Nebraska to provide gap financing for small businesses while also supporting such workforce development needs as housing and business attraction. Learning lessons from its ...

Students of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management work on their startup Reach in the Kauffman Academic Residential Center. Photo by Ben ...

Partners for Livable Omaha launched the OurStory Small Houses project in 2024. Students from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture FACT design-build studio contribute ideas and ...

As downtown office dwellers filed into work on a gusty Monday morning in November, a white Toyota Prius rounded the block near Omaha City Hall. This was no ordinary commuter on their way to work — the ...

The Omaha-based startup offers coworking and co-warehousing space to small businesses. The company opened its Lincoln and North Kansas City locations on Dec. 1. Elevator co-founders said the latest ...

Bulu Fulfillment Co-founder Paul Jarrett speaks on the “How to Scale from 10 to 10,000” panel during this year’s Silicon Prairie Startup Week. Photo by Ben Goeser/Silicon Prairie News Paul Jarrett, co ...