The 2010 Make it Happen Quick Pitch Competition was a huge success! Over 200 people attended this event in the Memorial Stadium skybox, which was a beautiful sight to see indeed. Students from all levels loved the experience they gained and the feedback from the judges. After following up with each of the competitors, over 90% of them plan to start their business in the future! The next generation of entrepreneurs will soon be on their way to the top!
Here are what a few judges from Turbine Flats had to say:
“Its great to see the Lincoln community providing an outlet for entrepreneurial activity” ~Jeff Runyan, Allied Strategy
“Seeing over 200 people participating in an entrepreneurial event is proof to those who say that there aren’t any ideas in Lincoln and Nebraska” ~Kevin Hagemoser, Turbine Flats
Prize money of $1000 went to each of the following winners: University Division
Landon Bailey – York College
Morgan Allen – UNL
Brittany Benson – UNL
Community College Division
Kimberly King – Southeast Community College
High School Division
DeVante King – Lincoln Entrepreneurship Focus Program
Tanner O’Dell – Lincoln Entrepreneurship Focus Program
Thanks to all the sponsors, volunteers, judges, and competitors who made this event happen. The Lincoln community truly benefited from this event and will for many years to come.
Summit (sŭm’ĭt): The highest point or part; the top. A summit can mean many things. Mainly when that word comes to mind it often refers to tall mountain peaks such as the Mt. Everest or K2. Summit, however, can also mean a conference of highest-level officials, which ties in perfectly with the 2010 Nebraska Summit for Entrepreneurship. This year the summit includes many great sessions and breakout sessions. The presence of Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman, University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken, CEO and President of Gallup are just a few names that will be a part of this wonderful annual event.
Sessions ranging from family business success to student perspectives on entrepreneurship will also be major contributors to the overall perspective of entrepreneurship. Turbine Flats intern Doug Fernaays will be one of the student speakers during the 3rd session at the Summit and will relate his experiences through his successful endeavors at Turbine Flats, the UNL Venture Plan Competition and SIFE. Other sessions include a six-person panel on success legacies within family business and the big picture of entrepreneurship by Bo Fishback, V.P. of Entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation.
The 2010 Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship should be a intriguing experience and networking opportunity for all. For more information visit http://nebraskaentrepreneur.com/
On October 1st Turbine Flats hosted the Creative Capital Pitch Session and dealt out a $1,000 prize with no strings attached. This event was a huge success and helped bring many people out to Turbine Flats. Quick Pitches or elevator pitches, as more formerly known, give people the opportunity to present their business ideas and concepts to a panel of judges within a short period of time, usually 30 seconds to 5 minutes.
For more information on what an elevator pitch is visit:
Coming on February 25th will be the “2010 Make it Happen Student Quick Pitch Competition” hosted by the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship. This competition is targeted towards students in Nebraska and plans to encourage entrepreneurship among the younger aged demographic. Judges from all fields of every industry will be present and most impressively it will take place in the Memorial Stadium Skyboxes. This event should be a great experience for all whether you are competing or observing. Applications are open to all high school, 2- and 4-year college students, and graduate students. To find out more information please go to entrepreneurship.unl.edu; Applications are due February 12th .
Agents from Nebraska Home Sales stopped by the Flats this week to have their pictures taken against a lime green backdrop for a new web site that debuts in January. The green screen allows designers at Nebraska Digital to easily create cutouts of the agents that will be used throughout the site.
The site will be built in Wordpress and features several custom plugins developed by Nebraska Digital. ND Owner John Rood said the juiciest details are being kept under wraps while the site is in development, but promises it will be different than any other real estate site on the market.
“We’ve Googled the world and nobody’s doing it the way we’re doing it — I hope that’s a good thing,” John said. “When the time is right, we’re really anxious to get some feedback and see what people think.
So far, the people at Nebraska Home Sales have been open to doing things differently, John added. “We’re trying to shake things up, they are trying to shake things up, so it’s been a really good fit.”
—Article provided by our friends at Nebraska Digital. Thanks!
The competition was for $1,000, no strings attached. To win the prize all one had to do was give the most compelling short business pitch LIVE out of the finalists, who were chosen from general YouTube entries. The whole event was kind of organized by the Lincoln Young Professional’s Group.
The event had a great crowd.
Best of all (for Turbine Flats), the prize went to our very own Brendan Evans (Research Associates partner) for his cunning, “Harvard Classics” series of books for infants and toddlers pitch. You can read the local media coverage, HERE.
He reminds me of somebody...
Congratulations to Brendan and thanks to everyone who pitched in or even just showed up.
I’m going to post a couple of past events just to let people know what’s been going on down at the Flats in the last few months. This should give everyone an idea of what has been keeping us so busy for the last year.
To begin, our very own ISoft Data Systems hosted their annual User’s Conference. The conference is a fun and informative gathering where customers and potential customers can network and grill us about our product as well as get advanced training for our ITrack line of software.
ISoft crew and customers get down to business in our mind-blowing conference room. Like, really down.
A couple of days ago (sorry for waiting for awhile to post) Nebraska Digital was shooting some photos for a special client.
It has been awhile. Despite the lack of updating, Turbine Flats is still going strong!