This all day event was held at the Embassy Suites LaVista Hotel and Conference Center
on Friday, February 25, 2011. The Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship was sponsored
by the Nebraska Business-Higher Education Forum, The Gallup Organization, and the
University of Nebraska. There was no charge for students, but registration was required.
More details can be found at the Nebraska
Entrepreneur website.
Heartland Conference
For various reasons, the Heartland Conference will not be held this year, check
back next fall for information on Heartland Conference 2012.
Innovation Night, The Coolest Night In Innovation will be held Monday, March 12,
6:00 p.m. downtown Embassy Suites Hotel. The event honors current entrepreneurs
with the Nebraska Distinguished Entrepreneur Award. Entrepreneurs were nominated
by previous Nebraska Distinguished Entrepreneur winners. The event is open to the
public and potential investors, judges, business professionals, academic and community
leaders, and students.
The purpose of the Center for Entrepreneurship's Nebraska Distinguished Entrepreneur
Award is to recognize entrepreneurs in the state of Nebraska who represent the ideals
of Nebraska small business ownership. These recipients have started or substantially
grown a business in Nebraska and are currently contributing to the economy of the
State and/or their own local communities. They are nominated by past award winners,
members of the Center for Entrepreneurship's Advisory Board and the Dean of the
College of Business Administration here at UNL, and inducted into the Nebraska Entrepreneurship
Hall of Fame. We are proud to honor them as models of Nebraska entrepreneurial excellence.
Donde Plowman, Dean of the UNL College of Business Administration and Kathleen Thornton,
Acting Director for the Center for Entrepreneurship recognized all recipients listed
below.
Jack Henry
Global Industries, Inc.
Grand Island, Nebraska
Global Industries, Incorporated is headquarted in Grand Island, NE, with 6 divisions
located in Nebraska and Kansas. Grain storage and handling equipment, metal buildings
and water treatment systems are manufactured.
John Lund
OFFWIRE
Omaha, Nebraska
OFFWIRE was founded in June 1995. OFFWIRE helps each client maximize every customer
touch through training, promotion, and risk-free inventory. Its mission is to provide
solutions to make wireless retail easy and more profitable.
Steve Kiene
Nebraska Global
Lincoln, Nebraska
Nebraska Global’s mission is to establish a globally competitive, vibrant, and impactful
high tech environment creating sustainable long term economic development in Nebraska
via the creation of multiple for-profit software companies.
Charles Hull and Clint Runge (not pictured)
Archrival
Lincoln, Nebraska
Archrival provides clients with trend-smart expertise and services necessary to
formulate effective marketing programs that influence young consumers in authentic
meaningful channels and make their brand relevant in youth culture.
For admission to the Competition sign up here:
2012 Nebraska Innovation Competition Entry Form
The Center for Entrepreneurship will host the 25th Annual Innovation Competition
(formerly called New Ventures World Competition) Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 8:00 a.m.
downtown Embassy Suites Lincoln, NE. This competition is one of the longest running
business plan competitions in the world. Twenty four teams will compete in the Preliminary
Round beginning 8:20 a.m. Winners will be announced 6:00 p.m. at the award banquet.
The competition encourages economic growth in Nebraska and around the world.
During the week of November 28th, 2011 the Center for Entrepreneurship will host
the 13th Annual UNL Venture Plan Championship sponsored by Alice Dittman and Cornhusker
Bank. This year's competition will be held in the Nebraska Union city campus. The
preliminary round will be Monday, November 28 at 5 p.m. and the Final round, Friday,
December 2, 2011. This event is open to current UNL students.
Inaugurated in 1999, this program is designed to identify, support and promote students
who write business plans. The competition is contested in separate graduate and
undergraduate levels, and grants students from across the UNL campus an opportunity
to present their plans to local business leaders and academics, with the chance
to win up to $1,000.
Please check back for more information.
Past History of Event
Chairman of the Board Emeritus, Alice Dittman, has served the Cornhusker bank for
more than 50 years and is well known around the country for both her knowledge of
the community banking and her participation in community affairs. Alice had a business-oriented
education, first with a BS at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and subsequently
with an M.A. in Finance and Management from the same school. In between, she attended
a graduate business program at Radcliffe, in the days before women were admitted
to Harvard University. She returned to the Lincoln area in 1953 to work in her father's
bank - then situated in Davey, Neb., and known as the Farmer's State Bank - taking
the post of cashier. She became president and CEO of the family bank in 1975. The
bank averaged a steady 10% asset growth for 22 years. Alice believes that this is
best for the bank and its customers. Steadiness, for the customer, means the ongoing
opportunity to maintain contact with management.
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