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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
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...