Local startup founders and entrepreneurs will gather in Lincoln on Monday for the 2023 version of Startup Week.
Startup Week Lincoln is a free, weeklong celebration of the startup community that builds momentum and opportunity around entrepreneurship. Events throughout the week are meant to encourage learning, networking and supporting ideas that help strengthen and empower local entrepreneurs.
The theme for Startup Week Lincoln 2023 is “The Throughline,” highlighting the throughlines that connect founders and the innovation ecosystem that helps to build successful companies in the city.
“Startup Week is a perfect rallying point for Lincoln’s innovation ecosystem to connect founders, to invite outsiders to become insiders and recent stakeholders as we not only celebrate but grow entrepreneurship in Lincoln,” Kathy Andersen, director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development, said in a news release.
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There are more than 20 events people can attend Monday through Saturday, ranging from dinners and cocktail hours to seminars and competitions.
Andersen said Startup Week’s hands-on workshops and networking opportunities help showcase the importance of Lincoln’s startup businesses and community.
“By bringing people together and fostering intentional and meaningful collisions, this week is designed to provide avenues for continuing collaborations that shape the future of startups in our community and beyond,” Andersen said in the release.
For more details and to view this year’s complete schedule for Startup Week Lincoln events, visit startupweeklincoln.com.
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Reflected in a support beam above the floor, Lincoln Lutheran faces off against Clarkson/Leigh in the fourth set during the Class Class C-2 championship match, on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, at the Devaney Sports Center.
Lincoln Southwest players, including Malayah Long (center right), celebrate the victory over Bellevue West in a Class A semifinal match Friday at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
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Norris’ Anna Jelinek celebrates the victory against Bennington during a Class B semifinal match, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
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Lincoln Lutheran celebrates the match against Elmwood-Murdock during a Class C-2 semifinal match, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Caden Connelly (left) hugs Jill Gable, whose son is a close friend of Connelly, as she arrives for a benefit dinner on Thursday. Connelly, who was diagnosed with with an incurable form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2021, is running in the Good Life Halfsy on Sunday to raise money for pediatric oncology patients and their families.
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A general view of the state volleyball tournament, including action from a Class B first-round match between Norris and Scottsbluff, Wednesday at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
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