Omaha-Based Appsky LLC Owners Recognized as SBA Nebraska Small Business Persons of the Year 2022
After Taylor Korensky graduated from the Information Technology Innovation program at the University of Nebraska Omaha in 2016, it didn’t take him long to realize that the Omaha tech market needed more custom software design and development solutions for local businesses. This led to his creation of Appsky, LLC in November of 2016 – a […]
Melinda Meyer Joins Nebraska Tech Collaborative to Lead Partnership Development
Omaha, Neb. (December 15, 2022) – The Nebraska Tech Collaborative, an Aksarben Initiative, is excited to announce new Partnership Director, Melinda Meyer. Meyer will act as the liaison between the Nebraska Tech Collaborative (NTC) and potential partners while growing partnerships with goals established in tandem with the NTC Executive Director. In addition, she will oversee […]
Measuring Employee Perceptions
By Inclusion Analytics It is impossible to understand the true impact of DEI practices without examining how employees experience the workplace. This blog will cover the measurement of employee perceptions in two parts: perceptions of policies and practices and perceptions of the inclusion culture. Perceptions of policies and practices Any leader or taskforce member can […]
Measuring Demographics
By Inclusion Analytics Organizational diversity has been an area of focus for many large organizations since the enactment of Affirmative Action in the 1960s. Below are answers to four important questions regarding the type of demographic data to collect and what to analyze once data is available to your organization. What types of demographic data […]
Nebraska Has Become More Productive Since 2007
One common refrain that appears to be true is that Nebraska has high labor productivity compared to the rest of the United States. Nebraska (the green line below) is more than 15% more productive than the Midwest, Iowa, and most other regions around the country. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, only the west […]
Aksarben announces new Executive Director for its Nebraska Tech Collaborative
The Aksarben Foundation, a network of business and community leaders focused on the most critical issues facing the heartland, announces Shonna Dorsey as the new Executive Director of its Nebraska Tech Collaborative (NTC). “Dorsey will lead the collective efforts to advance talent and entrepreneurial ecosystem development in Nebraska,” says Executive Committee Chair of the NTC, […]
Is the H-1B Program a Secret Weapon for Nebraska
Nebraska needs people. Finding new ways to add population is essential to the long-term viability and growth of the technology industry in the state. One program that has helped some companies in the region add personnel is the H-1B visa program. The H-1B visa program is a U.S. government program that allows U.S. employers […]
Omaha Jobs Goes Back to the Future
by Arjav Rawal, September 19, 2022 | The Reader In 2016, Nebraska commissioned a D.C.-based firm to provide a roadmap for the state’s economic development. The report, called “Nebraska’s Next Economy,” consisted of recommendations meant to solve Nebraska’s economic challenges. It identified four interrelated goals to strive for, with a set of policy recommendations for how to achieve them: […]
SourceLink Impact Data Report
SourceLink Nebraska is one of the five core programs of the Nebraska Business Development Center at UNO. Starting in July of 2020, their began mapping entrepreneurial and business development resources for new and existing business owners in Nebraska. SourceLink Nebraska is a statewide platform where anyone can connect with nonprofit, education, and government resources for […]
Funnel Math
Change takes time, and many grossly under-estimate the time for change to occur. Nebraska needs to start building overlapping ecosystem components that yield more technologists over time – not just in one big, but unsustainable burst. Programs, such as LB 1112 and the expansion of the engineering school, align with existing data about retention as […]
