East 2 West:The Nebraska New Venture Competition

Posted on | December 8, 2009 | No Comments

Invest Nebraska Corporation has announced the seven finalists of the 2009 East-2-West New Venture Competition. The competition is free and open to the public.  It will take place Friday, December 11th at the Del Ray Ballroom in Lincoln’s Haymarket.

 Competition Finalists & Schedule 

1:00 – Milestone Local Surfaces – Josh Shear, Jen Carlson, and Brendan Wamstad-Evans – Lincoln

1:30 – Leyef, LLC – Luke Alexander and Andrew Curran – Lincoln

2:00 – Hemprev – Mark Pluta, John Lupien – Omaha

2:30 – RockDex – Jimmy Winter – Omaha

3:00 – Invoice + – Brad Coughlin – Lincoln

3:30 – Giftance.com – Rory Berry – Los Angeles, CA

4:00 – Dally Up – Kenis & Carrie Byam – Rural Deuel County

5:00 – Reception 

5:30 – Winner Announcement

 Judges

Matt McNair –           Board Chair of Invest Nebraska and Vice President of the University of Nebraska Foundation; Lincoln

Paul Eurek –            CEO of Xpanxion; Loup City, NE

Richard Baier –       Director of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development; Lincoln

Charles Hull –          Co-founder and President of Archrival; Lincoln

Bradley Walker –    President and CEO of Nanonation; Lincoln

Cheryl Beamer –     Educator and Professional Coach, member of the Nebraska Angels; Omaha

Gordon Whitten –   Founder and CEO of Sojern and former founder and CEO of It’s Deductible which was sold to Intuit in 2003; Omaha

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