While there is still time left in 2021, it has already proven to be a tremendous year for startups in Lincoln and throughout Nebraska. With the culmination of Lincoln Startup Week at the end of October, we are already setting our sights on the future and how to further bolster our entrepreneurs.

Kaylie Hogan-Schnittker, Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development’s Director of Talent Strategy, has been appointed to the StarTran Advisory Board after being unanimously approved by the Lincoln City Council on a 7-0 vote at their meeting on Monday, November 1.

The schedule and list of events for Techstars Startup Week Lincoln is set, with events beginning on Monday, October 25th and continuing through Friday, October 29th.  

After an all-online Startup Week in 2020, Startup Week 2021 will present a mix of in-person and online events.

Two winners were announced during the JumpStart Challenge Pitch Competition on Thursday night, with each winner receiving cash prizes and the opportunity to build out their solution to the challenges presented.

Josh Jones’ Project Aksarben won the ALLO Challenge, while Chris Aumueller’s FanWord took top honors in the UNL Athletics Challenge. 

The JumpStart Challenge Pitch Competition was held on Thursday, October 7 at ALLO Lincoln, 330 South 21st Street, in the Telegraph District. Each participant had six minutes to present their solution to the challenge prompt with a four minute period to answer questions from the judges.

There will be an additional bonus to this year’s JumpStart Challenge, providing even more incentive to solve problems for existing businesses and create new, scalable innovative startups in Lincoln.

Telecommunications and software provider Calix will award an additional $5,000 to the team that presents the best and most viable idea in the ALLO Challenge.

EmployLNK, The Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development (LPED) and local area agencies are hosting a career fair next month to help match employees with area employers.

The Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development (LPED) is proud to announce that this year’s JumpStart Challenge will feature collaboration with two distinguished partners from the Lincoln community.

JumpStart Challenge 2021 events will be presented by ALLO Communications and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletic Department. The goal of the JumpStart Challenge is to solve problems for existing businesses and create new, scalable innovative startups in Lincoln. 

The challenge is open to any creative thinkers, founders, innovators, designers, developers, students and more. Previous years have focused on industry challenges in fintech, real estate, insurtech and health care among others.

The Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development is proud to announce that Kaylie Hogan-Schnittker, Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development Director of Talent Strategy, has been named a co-chair for Lincoln’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Ecosystem.

Nationally ranked startup accelerator gener8tor and NMotion have announced the five companies participating in its gBETA Lincoln Summer 2021 program. This will be the fourth gBETA program offered in Lincoln, open to all Nebraska-based companies.

Corral Technologies, Job Share Connect, Plug Sports, Sub Guru and VIZN Stats stood out of the over 52 applicants throughout Nebraska and represent a wide variety of industries and verticals including FinTech, InsureTech, AgTech and HealthTech.

The Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development is proud to announce the winner of this year’s first annual Pat Haverty Memorial Award—Rob Hanson, Co-Founder and CEO of Monolith Materials. The award was presented at LPED’s virtual Economic Development Breakfast on Thursday, May 27, which featured keynote speaker Cameron Smith, President and Co-Founder of Kodiak Cakes.

Meet Cameron Smith, President and Co-Founder of Kodiak Cakes! Cameron, a Lincoln native, is our featured speaker at this month’s Economic Development Breakfast on Thursday, May 27 from 9 – 10 a.m.

As the third-best city in the country for young professionals and the second-best city for millennials, Lincoln truly is the best place for young professionals to live, work and play. Our city’s talent recruitment and retention efforts are successful because of programs like the Lincoln Young Professionals Group, which provides exceptional programming and events to unite, empower and engage this influential demographic that comprises nearly 35 percent of Lincoln employees. Why is involvement in Lincoln’s YP group so important for the young professionals within your organization?