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June 21, 2020

What Recruiters Should Know About VR Developers—A New Breed of Interactive Tech Talent

In today's competitive tech landscape, VR developers represent a powerful combination of technical skill and team collaboration prowess. As organizations across industries embrace immersive technologies, recruiters must understand what makes these professionals...

Bringing the Ecosystem Together: Reflections on the Piece by Piece Investor Summit

On May 1, on the eve of the Berkshire Hathaway weekend, the UNeTech Institute hosted Piece by Piece, an Investor Summit designed to bring together stakeholders from across the Omaha startup ecosystem. Held at the new Catalyst Building in Omaha’s EDGE District, it was...

Omaha’s MedTech Revolution: UNeTech Powers MicroWash and Precision Syringe

Building Omaha's Medtech Infrastructure  At the intersection of university innovation and market impact, UNeTech has established itself as a catalyst for medical technology development in Omaha. Through the Omaha Medical Technology Development Alliance, the Omaha...

VR Pipeline – the Next Generation of Software Developers Has Arrived

In an industry where technical expertise alone no longer guarantees success, a new breed of developer is emerging from the intersection of immersive technology and collaborative methodologies. Virtual reality development demands a unique skill set that transcends...

Buffett’s Backyard: Why the Berkshire Hathaway Event Is a Boon for Omaha’s Startup Ecosystem

Each spring, Omaha becomes the epicenter of global business as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting draws tens of thousands of investors, executives, and innovation enthusiasts. (The 2025 theme is "Camp Berkshire.") Often called the...

Opportunity Corps on Hiatus During Funding Search

UNeTech Institute's Opportunity Corps program is on hiatus for 2025 due to lack of funding. Originally funded by the Ewing Kauffman Foundation out of Kansas City, the program was not renewed for funding when the Kauffman Foundation decided to prioritize funding Kansas...

MicroWash: Omaha-Made Medical Innovation Now Available Nationwide 

MicroWash: Omaha-Made Medical Innovation Now Available Nationwide  The journey from medical concept to market-ready product requires vision, perseverance, and collaboration. Today, we celebrate an extraordinary Omaha success story - the MicroWash, a revolutionary...

What Investors Can Expect at the Piece by Piece Investor Summit

Somewhere between universities and startups, you'll find UNeTech, where breakthrough ideas take their first steps toward the marketplace. One of our greatest challenges is translation: not just converting complex scientific discoveries into real-world applications,...

Why Companies Should Hire Agile-Certified VR Developers

Creativity meets expertise: Why VR developers with Agile training are your next game-changing hire.  Subject matter experts and powerful team players – you don’t have to choose! In today's competitive tech landscape, Agile certification represents a powerful...

VR Healthcare Innovation: Inside Omaha’s Pipeline Fellowship

A New Era in Tech Education Omaha is innovating in tech education. The Omaha VR Pipeline (OVRP) brings together the best minds in medicine and technology to level up Omaha’s workforce. At UNeTech, the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC)'s medical expertise...
Meet the 2022 Opportunity Corps Cohort

Meet the 2022 Opportunity Corps Cohort

Bio Nebraska and the UNeTech Institute are excited to announce the 2022 cohort for Opportunity Corps, a professional development, entrepreneurship, and mentorship program for women in STEAM. These individuals will meet on Fri., Feb. 11, 2022, for a virtual workshop...

Grant Rejection Teaches Excellence Through Failure

Grant Rejection Teaches Excellence Through Failure

At UNeTech we write a lot of grants. Most of them we don’t get. Build Back Better was one of them. Speaking only for myself, it’s a bit of a disappointment. While there’s a remnant of my inner teenager that wants to pretend that I didn’t really want it anyways – I...

What is…. The Valley of Death?

What is…. The Valley of Death?

Of all of the startup jargon discussed in this series so far, the valley of death certainly feels the most ominous—and for good reason. The valley of death is a feared phase in the startup life cycle, typically occurring after the...

Five Tips to Learn Before You Pitch

Five Tips to Learn Before You Pitch

As an entrepreneurial support organization, the UNeTech Institute team coaches and mentors entrepreneurs on a variety of skills --- business strategy, company branding, financial planning. Each of these skills is crucial to a new startup depending on where it is in...

What is… Commercialization?

What is… Commercialization?

Investopedia defines commercialization as “the process of bringing new products or services to market” with the understanding that the process of commercializing includes production, distribution marketing, sales, customer support, and much more. The process typically...

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