OMAHA, Nebraska — UNeMed Corporation and the UNeTech Institute have announced plans to share office space, a development that reflects the natural evolution of a working relationship that has grown steadily over many years. The two organizations, both rooted in the...
Hidden Startup Gems in Nebraska: Finding Your First Customers (the Right Way)
When Chad launched his logistics tech idea in Omaha, he assumed finding customers would be the easy part. He thought: “I have a working prototype. Just find users. That’s what comes next, right?” He was wrong. For months, Chad marketed online, tweeted about the...
What Is … Product-Market Fit?
When founders talk about product-market fit, they talk about building something people want. They talk about finding their audience, getting traction, proving demand. Product-market fit is the milestone that means you've made it. It means you've built a product people...
What Warren Buffett Gets Right About Entrepreneurship Relationships
Warren Buffett has spent decades explaining how to build wealth. But some of his most important lessons aren’t really about money at all. In fact, one of his most famous reflections about success has almost nothing to do with investing. Speaking to students at Georgia...
HOT TAKE: HR Hiring Needs an Overhaul to Function for Startup Culture
We met for coffee at Catalyst, a space buzzing with energy from the dozens of tech startups and entrepreneurs working on the next big idea. Dillon de Rozairo sat across from me, animated, leaning in when he got excited. He’s young, sure, but he runs his own...
Our Values in Motion: 2025 Recap & 2026 Roadmap
When we gathered as a team last January, we couldn't have predicted how much change 2025 would bring. As I reflect on everything we accomplished together, I'm struck by how our work has rippled outward, touching not just the startups we support, but the broader...
Welcome to the Ecosystem, Steel Works Health Accelerator
Steel doesn't come from a single source. It's iron, carbon, and hard work—separate elements that must be combined under precise conditions to create something stronger than any component alone. That's exactly what Steel Works Health Accelerator is building. "Too many...
What Is … Seed Capital?
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...
Building the Ideal Startup Team: Roles Every MedTech Company Needs
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...
Welcome to the community, Open Range
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...









