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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...
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...
What is Founder-Market Fit? (A Regional Perspective)
Stanford University’s research reveals an intriguing truth: founders with industry experience outperform others by an impressive 45%. But what does this mean for entrepreneurs, and why is it particularly significant for those in the Midwest? Let’s explore...
What is UNeTech Truthfully?
The UNeTech Institute has changed a great deal in the past 5 years. Much of that change has been marked by a progression of externally funded programs. Grants (largely from the Economic Development Administration) have served to create and then iterate programs. A...
Healthcare Innovation in Omaha: Building Bridges through Collaboration
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 Omaha Medical Technology Pipeline (OMTP) in 2019 and continued through the Omaha Virtual Reality Pipeline (OVRP).
What is Deep Tech Due Diligence?
Deep tech startups often face a daunting road to success. Their innovations, rooted in advanced scientific breakthroughs, require rigorous validation and commercialization. Yet, for those willing to take the journey, the Midwest offers a unique advantage. Through cost...
Big Ideas are Brewing at UNeTech
Big ideas are brewing at UNeTech, where startups are transforming the landscape of healthcare and technology. Among them, three standout ventures—RespirAI, Precision Syringe, and Impower Health are leading the charge into 2025 innovation. These startups embody the...
Success Through Failure: It’s What We Do
At UNeTech, we write a lot of grants. Most of them we don’t get. The good jobs challenge was one of them. Although you never really know, I suspect we fell >just shy< of the mark. Missing out on this grant wasn’t just another rejection; it felt deeply personal....