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Naval Veteran Navigates Franchise Opportunity

By Jane Armstrong Darrell Cook spent most of his life living the military life. As the child of an Air Force veteran and 20 years of his own service in the Navy, he was used to moving around. When the time came to retire in 2003, he and his family returned to his...

Divine Living

Divine Living: Providing Person-Centered Care for children and adults with physical and developmental disabilities in Nebraska and Iowa How NEF helped Divine Living establish a brick-and-mortar location “If we learned anything from the pandemic, it’s that we’re better...
Divine Living

Divine Living

Divine Living: Providing Person-Centered Care for children and adults with physical and developmental disabilities in Nebraska and Iowa How NEF helped Divine Living establish a brick-and-mortar location “If we learned anything from the pandemic, it’s that we’re better...

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Naad’s Naturals

Naad’s Naturals

“I wanted to do something that would make me feel like I was contributing to the earth, and I wanted to align more with one of my favorite quotes, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”  - Sheri Noordam  In 2015, Shari took a leap of faith and sold...

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The Brownie Bar

The Brownie Bar

The Brownie Bar  The concept of the Brownie Bar started in Jim and Michael’s midtown Omaha kitchen. They had a passion for cooking and a love for entertaining friends and neighbors. They gathered guests in their home on a cold February night to taste test brownie...

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Prescription Pyro, LLC

Prescription Pyro, LLC

Prescription Pyro, owned by Robert (Bob) Harrold, has been in business for 22 years. His business was born after he began fighting wildfires in 2010, following his trip to Idaho to fight fires with the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Prescription Pyro, LLC is a...

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The Relationship Corner

The Relationship Corner

  I have been in business for about 6 years now. I've always had a vision and a dream of how I wanted to expand my business, but I also knew my dreams were bigger than my pockets. I spent months trying to figure out how I could make my dreams come true. I...

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The Occasional Collective

The Occasional Collective

With the help of Nebraska Enterprise Fund's extended reach into SW Iowa, Alysia Hess, owner of The Occasional Collective in Treynor, IA was able to turn her small business dream into a reality. Hess purchased the old barbershop on Main Street in Treynor and did a...

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Appsky

Appsky

Appsky is a human-centered creative agency that specializes in the design, software, & consulting. They are based in Omaha, NE, and focus on building custom solutions for hybrid mobile apps and progressive web apps (PWAs), WordPress websites and e-commerce, and...

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Toximiche

Toximiche

Michelada mixes were quite new to the Omaha area, so we weren’t sure how well we would do. To our surprise we continued to grow month by month, tapping into new markets. The turning point for us was when we were asked to sell our products inside a popular liquor...

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