KEARNEY – Go for Launch at UNK, a learning-by-doing workshop, will teach entrepreneurial skills to University of Nebraska at Kearney students and area entrepreneurs. With a focus on business development, the Jan. 26-28 event at UNK is open to high school and college students, business professionals, budding entrepreneurs, inventors and technology experts. Registration fee is $50, with a special $25 student rate. Participants progress through a series of modules that include ideation, … [Read more...]
Odee Ingersoll receives two achievement awards for exemplary service
OMAHA - Odee Ingersoll, director of Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) at UNK, was presented two consulting and service awards at the 2017 NBDC Awards and Recognition Reception. Awards were presented by University of Nebraska Omaha College of Business Administration and Nebraska Business Development Center’s leadership and advisory board. Ingersoll received the 2017 Bob Bernier NBDC Excellence in Reflective Practice Award for Nebraska, and the prestigious NBDC-UNO Distinguished … [Read more...]
Nebraska Business Development Center receives Entrepreneurial Advancement Award
Nebraska Business Development Center at the University of Nebraska Kearney – with a satellite office in Grand Island – recently received the Entrepreneurial Advancement Award from the Northeast Nebraska Development District. The award was presented for NBDC’s efforts to aid in business succession and transition planning. Odee Ingersoll, director at the UNK center and Sara (McMillan) Bennett, business consultant at the Grand Island location, have been instrumental in assisting with NENEDD’s … [Read more...]
Sara McMillan receives Small Business Development Center award
Sara McMillan received the State Star Award for Nebraska at the Association of Small Business Development Center’s annual conference Sept. 9 in Grapevine, Texas. McMillan is a business consultant with the Nebraska Business Development Center at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, with a satellite location in Grand Island. The State Star Award recognizes McMillan for her efforts to “earn credentials in valuation and exit planning, improve her skills as a consultant, help establish … [Read more...]
