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By Joe Runge
June 21, 2020
UNeTech

What Is … Seed Capital?

by | December 9, 2025 | Blog Series, Community Conversations, Featured, UNeTech, What Is | 0 Comments

You are Probably Not Ready for Seed Capital  When founders think about seed capital, they think about what they need: early money to build their product, prove the concept, and get to market. Seed capital is validation. It's the funding that turns an idea into a real...
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Building the Ideal Startup Team: Roles Every MedTech Company Needs

by | December 2, 2025 | Community Conversations, Featured, UNeTech | 0 Comments

At UNeTech, we’ve had the privilege of walking alongside some of the most brilliant MedTech inventors in Nebraska—from devices like MicroWash, which reimagines diagnostic sample collection, to Precision Syringe, a tool designed to reduce medication waste and improve...
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Welcome to the community, Open Range

by | November 24, 2025 | Community Conversations, Featured, UNeTech | 0 Comments

Open range has a great logo. The tallgrass prairie isn't just Nebraska's landscape—it's a metaphor for what makes ecosystems thrive. Those dry leaves of grass, waving in the wind, serve as homes to insects and rodents, locked in constant warfare with the rivers and...
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Why Coastal Investors Should Look to the Midwest

by | November 18, 2025 | Community Conversations, Featured, UNeTech | 0 Comments

Midwest investment opportunities are overlooked. While venture capital has historically pooled along the coasts, recent years have revealed a quiet transformation in the center of the country. Today, the Nebraska startup ecosystem offers strong ties to industries...
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From Intern to Leader: Emily Pratt’s Journey Through OVRP

by | November 12, 2025 | Featured, OVRP, UNeTech | 0 Comments

At UNeTech, we’re proud to say we don’t just support innovation—we support innovators. One of the clearest examples of that mission in action is Emily Pratt, a creative technologist whose leadership journey through the Omaha Virtual Reality Pipeline (OVRP) has been as...
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VisionSync: Made in Omaha

by | October 21, 2025 | Community Conversations, Featured, UNePlan, UNeTech | 0 Comments

I politely asked the work crew to be quiet as they moved through the Crane Co-Working Lobby in the Catalyst space. My finger to my lips, I nodded to the interview occurring on the main floor. They smiled apologetically and hurried into the service hallway.  They knew...
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HOT TAKE: Omaha founders need to ditch the modesty — but keep it real — to win big

by | October 7, 2025 | Community Conversations, Featured, UNeTech | 0 Comments

Coffee, Catalyst, and a Hot Take  Thursday morning. Catalyst Building. Omaha’s shiny new baby in the Edge District. I’m clutching my caramel mocha from The Grove like it’s a life preserver, waiting for the UNeMed’s Morning Edition to kick off, when I spot Scott...
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A Vision Shared: The Symbolism and Future of the Maverick Technology Venture Alliance

by | September 23, 2025 | Featured, MTVA, Programs, UNeTech | 0 Comments

Some of UNeTech’s most enduring success stories start not in a lab, but with a conversation. This one began years ago in a campus conference room, over coffee and whiteboards, when the question was first asked: What if we didn’t just file patents? What if we helped...
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Goodbye, Church Basement

by | September 16, 2025 | Featured, OVRP, Uncategorized, UNeTech | 0 Comments

Years ago, UNeTech met to discuss its mission, vision and values.  In the session, our facilitator asked everyone to describe UNeTech in a word. Scrappy came up a lot.  The UNeTech team in the "Church Basement" viewing a demonstration of a 3D printer. I took ownership...
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What Recruiters Should Know About VR Developers—A New Breed of Interactive Tech Talent

by | May 30, 2025 | Adeptus Interactive, Featured, OVRP, Programs | 0 Comments

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...
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What is … The Valley of Death?

What is … The Valley of Death?

by | Dec 9, 2021 | ,

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 company launches a product but has...

Five Tips to Learn Before You Pitch

Five Tips to Learn Before You Pitch

by | Dec 7, 2021 |

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?

by | Nov 30, 2021 |

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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