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A podcast for dreamers AND do-ers.
We'll ignite your passion for entrepreneurship and showcase those who turn ideas into reality.
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- The Mail Truck That Put Runza on the Map and in Memorial Stadium · 26 percA used mail truck outside Memorial Stadium helped launch a Nebraska business that generations of families have grown up with. Runza President Donald Everett Jr. shares how the…
- Two Businesses at 23: Why She Moved Back to Rural Nebraska · 21 percAt 23, Vickie Ference owns two businesses in Ord, Nebraska: Vickie’s ExtraORDinary Pork and Grateful Adventures. She shares how she started her pork business in college, expanded…
- From One Truck Stop to 69 Stores: Nebraska Family Business Expands · 17 percWhat started as a truck stop in Grand Island in 1948 has grown into a multi-state family business. On this episode of Building Nebraska, Kinsey Bosselman shares how Bosselman…
- She Wanted a Few Chickens. Now She Runs a Farm 365 Days a Year | The Little Red Farm · 20 percWhat does it take to turn a farm into a direct-to-consumer business? Mindy McGrew of Little Red Farm shares what she’s learned about selling directly to families, pricing…
- Transitioning Generations Without Losing The Foundation | Bruce Furniture Part 2 · 16 percAs Bruce Furniture continues to grow, Doug Bruce’s sons, Michael and David, are taking on a larger role in the family business. In Part 2 of Building Nebraska, the Bruce family…
- A Six-Month-Old, a U-Haul and a Furniture Store | Part 1 · 24 percIn 1977, Doug Bruce moved to Alliance, Nebraska, with his wife, six-month-old son and a dream of opening a furniture store. With limited money and no home, the family lived in…
- How a Nebraska College Student Built a Business Around an Overlooked Opportunity · 21 percKarter Otte never planned on building a career painting parking lots. But after taking a chance on his own business, Pickup Lines Striping has grown into a blue-collar business…
- From Cattle Oilers to RV Towing: 101 Years of Reinventing a Nebraska Business · 24 percIn this episode of Building Nebraska, fourth-generation owner Mike Hesse shares how his family’s Pender, Nebraska, company evolved from making cattle oilers into a diversified…
- They Solved a Major Feedlot Problem—Then Took It Worldwide · 25 percRod Giese has spent nearly 30 years with Mighty Giant, eventually taking ownership of the Beemer, Nebraska, company. In this episode, Rod shares what it takes to run a small…
- GoodyPop Wins the Building Nebraska Season 2 Fan Favorite Vote · 8 percShe went from working at GoodyPop during high school to owning the business less than a week after graduation. Now, Emory Conrad’s story has earned another distinction…
- The Philosophy Behind One of Lincoln's Most Trusted Businesses · 19 percNearly 30 years after opening Emsud's Clothiers, the Deumic family reflects on the values that have sustained their business. In Part 2 of Building Nebraska, they share why…
- Refugees to Entrepreneurs: Crafting the American Dream | Part 1 · 22 percIn 1993, Emsud and Samka Deumic arrived in Lincoln, Nebraska, with their two children, Salko and Alma, carrying only a few bags of clothing and a determination to start over…
- From a Farm Experiment to a Nationwide Impact: The Green Cover Story · 32 percKeith Burns shares the story behind Green Cover and how a family farming operation in rural Bladen, Nebraska, grew into a company serving farmers across the country. In this…
- After Age 50, Nebraska Couple Built a Business That Ships Barns Nationwide · 21 percWhat do you do when you're over 50 and looking for your next chapter? For Len Dickinson and Jule Goeller, that question led to Timberlyne—a Nebraska company that now ships custom…
- Lessons Learned from Dozens of Nebraska Entrepreneurs · 23 percIn this special Season 2 recap of Building Nebraska, we sit down with Dr. Tom Field and Hailey Demers from the Engler Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Nebraska…
- From a Craigslist wheelchair to a robot in poultry barns | Birds Eye Robotics · 20 percWhat began with a Craigslist wheelchair and a messy problem inside poultry barns has grown into one of Nebraska’s most fascinating ag-tech startups. Dusty Reynolds shares how…
- Part 1: A Radio DJ, an Ice Cream Wagon, and a Coffee Empire: The Scooter’s Story · 18 percBefore Scooter's Coffee became a nationally recognized franchise, Don and Linda Eckles spent years chasing opportunities, learning hard lessons, and building businesses ranging…
- Part 2: How Scooter's Coffee Grew from One Nebraska Store to 900+ Locations · 20 percIn Part 2 of Building Nebraska, founders Don and Linda Eckles share how a single Nebraska coffee shop grew into one of America's fastest-growing coffee franchises, now…
- From Code to Cattle: Building Autonomy in the Dirt · 16 percJacob Hansen and the team at ALA Engineering are developing self-driving feed trucks designed to help cattle feedlots solve labor shortages and improve efficiency. Using advanced…
- From His Father’s Business to His Daughter’s Future | Part 2 · 16 percIn Part 2 of this conversation, Mark Whitehead reflects on growing up in the family business and eventually taking over leadership of Whitehead Oil Company and its U-Stop…
