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By Joe Runge
June 21, 2020
UNeTech

Hidden Startup Gems in Nebraska: University Assets Founders Can Use (Even If You’re Not a Student)

by | August 6, 2026 | UNeTech | 0 Comments

A founder once told me, “I wish I’d known this two years ago.”  She had spent tens of thousands of dollars trying to prototype a hardware product—renting equipment, hiring contractors and paying for small production runs. Then she discovered that some of what she...
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More Than Logos: What the UNeMed Startup Wall Really Celebrates

by | July 31, 2026 | Featured, UNeTech | 0 Comments

What kind of party involves 240 inventors, investors, entrepreneurs and patent lawyers? UNeMed’s startup wall party, of course! I didn’t know what to expect from a startup wall party, and I left with a rare andat precious gift. It started with faces I haven’t seen in...
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Why Venture Capital Isn’t Coming Back: Understanding the New Normal for Startup Funding

by | July 23, 2026 | Featured, UNeTech | 0 Comments

Despite optimistic headline numbers regarding VC funding in 2025—which saw US deal value reach $339 billion —the venture capital market in 2026 is leaving several startup founders feeling anything but. In 2025, capital deployment was overwhelmingly concentrated, with...
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I Had Never Been the PI on a Federal Grant. Five Weeks Later, We Hit Submit.

by | July 9, 2026 | Featured, UNeTech | 0 Comments

About five weeks ago, my colleague Tess McKinney walked into the UNeTech office with an opportunity. She found a funding announcement from the U.S. Department of State that immediately made all of us stop and say, "This is really cool." The program was unlike anything...
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Can You Patent an AI Discovery? The Question is Whether You Invented It.

by | June 25, 2026 | Featured, UNeTech | 0 Comments

You design a diagnostic tool with three key elements: a biomarker panel you identified, a data collection protocol you developed, a risk threshold you optimized through testing. Then you feed it to Claude: "What's missing?" Claude suggests a fourth element: a...
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Hidden Startup Gems in Nebraska: Get Free Help Before You Spend Money

by | June 18, 2026 | Blog Series, Featured, UNeTech | 0 Comments

When founders fail it’s not because they don’t work hard enough or because they have the wrong ideas. They fail because they spend money before they gather information. 

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Pipeline Progress: From Medical Devices to Virtual Reality to AI in Omaha’s Innovation Ecosystem

by | June 10, 2026 | Omaha Medical Technology Pipeline, UNeTech | 0 Comments

The Economic Development Administration's Good Jobs Challenge marks another milestone in Omaha's evolving innovation pipeline programs. The proposed Omaha AI Pipeline (OAIP) represents the latest evolution in a sequence of successful initiatives that began with the...
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Omaha Startup Weekend: How to Build a Business in 48 Hours

by | June 10, 2026 | Featured, UNeTech | 0 Comments

Open Range and Techstars Omaha brought Omaha Startup Weekend back to town June 5-7, for a hugely successful event at Catalyst Omaha. After 20+ individual one-minute micro-pitches on Friday night from founders from the Midwest, 60+ attendees voted on their seven...
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Forged and Ready: Steel Works Wraps First Cohort

by | June 4, 2026 | Featured, UNeTech | 0 Comments

When the Steel Works Health Accelerator launched, it was "only an idea on paper." Tyler Scherr, UNeMed’s Licensing Specialist and Business Development Manager, has now seen the program through to its conclusion. On June 10, the Steel Works Health Accelerator closes...
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Entrepreneurship Is a Team Sport: What the MTVA Teaches About Relationship-Building

by | May 29, 2026 | Featured, MTVA, UNeTech | 0 Comments

Entrepreneurship is often portrayed as a solo journey: one founder, one big idea, one breakthrough moment.  But inside the Maverick Technology Venture Alliance (MTVA) at the University of Nebraska Omaha, students learn something different. Innovation happens through...
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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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