Themes
Disruption & Innovation
Challenge conventional thinking and learn how impossible ideas, emerging technologies, and bold new approaches can create meaningful change.The whole day is chock full of stories of disruption.
Creativity
Explore how creative thinking, experimentation, storytelling, and fresh perspectives can turn ideas into game-changing opportunities, businesses, products, and brands.
Brand Building
Learn how powerful brands can be built today on limited budgets and are still able to cut through the noise and resonate with audiences.
Applied AI and Emerging Technologies
Go beyond the hype to explore how AI and emerging technologies can be put to work—from turning big ideas into practical applications to fundamentally changing how businesses operate, empowering lean workforces, enabling innovation, and powering new platforms and products.
Tech Startup Journey
Hear firsthand what it takes to build, adapt, and scale technology companies, from Silicon Valley to right here in Nebraska..
Non Tech Startup Journey
Discover the realities of building businesses outside the tech world, including the challenges, pivots, growth decisions, and lessons that shape an entrepreneur's journey, from a wide range of founders.
Making Intentional Connections
Turn introductions into meaningful relationships through guided Speed Networking, informal conversations, and opportunities to connect with peers, mentors, collaborators, investors, and customers.
Everyone is in the Content Business
Learn how entrepreneurs and organizations can use storytelling, social media, video, and other forms of content to build attention, credibility, community, and growth.
The Need for Entrepreneurial Thinking
Develop the mindset to see opportunities, challenge assumptions, adapt to change, and take action—whether you're launching a company or leading from within one.
Challenges and Opportunities for Female Founders
Hear an unfiltered conversation with women founders about the realities of building, leading, and scaling a business—the wins, hard lessons, messy middle, and decisions that change everything.
Challenges and Opportunities for Underserved Communities
Explore how entrepreneurs and community leaders are creating opportunity, building wealth, and strengthening communities while navigating the barriers that can make the entrepreneurial journey harder.
Growing the Nebraska Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Connect with the people, organizations, and ideas shaping Nebraska's entrepreneurial community and learn how we can build a stronger ecosystem together.
Developing Young Entrepreneurs
Support the next generation of entrepreneurs with perspectives, connections, confidence, and practical tools they need to turn ideas into action.
Intrapreneurship and Innovation Inside Larger Organizations
Discover how entrepreneurial thinking can drive innovation from within established organizations by empowering people to challenge the status quo, experiment, and create meaningful change.
New Founder-Friendly Models for Investing
Explore new approaches to capital, investment, and founder support that rethink how entrepreneurs can access the resources they need to build and grow and hold onto more equity and influence as the company grows.
Legal Questions for Startups and Growing Businesses
Law firm Lamson Dugan will be on site to answer questions - any questions - and provide resources to help founders at every stage of growth.