Success Stories

The GROW Nebraska Team is GROWing

The GROW Nebraska Team is GROWing

As the years have gone by, we’ve seen a lot of things change, but one thing has always been tried and true: our love for Nebraska, our wonderful members, and our amazing community members. Here at GN we are always looking to expand and continue to add more talent to our ever- growing team.

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Buzz Savories Has Success Over the Holidays with Gift Box Sets

Buzz Savories Has Success Over the Holidays with Gift Box Sets

Every year GROW Nebraska tries to come up with new holiday gift box ideas. This year we teamed up with a few different members one of those businesses included Betty Sayers and Buzz Savories Honey Products! Buzz Savories has been a GROW Nebraska member since 2019. Betty’s gift boxes were flying off the shelf this past holiday season! We couldn’t be more excited for the amazing opportunity this brought Betty and the GROW Nebraska Buy Nebraska store.

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Cedar Hollow Ham’s Awarded the 2023 Russ’s Market Best Local Product

Cedar Hollow Ham’s Awarded the 2023 Russ’s Market Best Local Product

This year another lucky business got to walk away with Russ’s Market Nebraska Best Local Product Award. This award has been going on for seven years now, but this year GROW Nebraska was honored to help present Cedar Hollow Ham’s as the winner. Cedar Hollow Ham’s is based out of Lincoln, Nebraska and was without a doubt the right choice for the award.

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Top 3 Reasons to Attend MarkeTech

Top 3 Reasons to Attend MarkeTech

On the fence about joining us at MarkeTech 2023? This event will be bigger and better than ever and we’ve come up with some pretty good reasons why you should join us!

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Convince the Boss – MarkeTech 2023

Convince the Boss – MarkeTech 2023

MarkeTech 2023 is on your agenda, but it may not be on the forefront of your boss’s. Convincing your boss may be easier than you think! We’ve compiled tools and resources to make the sale and convince them to allow you to attend.

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GROW Nebraska Member Expands Waffle Business to University of Nebraska Lincoln

GROW Nebraska Member Expands Waffle Business to University of Nebraska Lincoln

GROW Nebraska member, Chef Bob Haney, who you may know from his many trips around the world from his fifteen-year modeling career, maybe as the pan crêpe guy, or maybe even as a husband or a father. However, most know him now as the man who started Heavenly Waffles. Bob has been a GROW Nebraska member since 2020. His line has expanded not only in the last couple of years but also in the last decade.

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4 Tracks, 20 sessions – MarkeTech 2023

4 Tracks, 20 sessions – MarkeTech 2023

MarkeTech 2023 will feature four tracks in this year’s conference including: Agritourism + Adventure Travel, Social Media, Marketing, and Business Growth and Resources. Each track is unique and will feature presenters that are experts in the field.

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Keynote Speaker for MarkeTech + Agritourism & Adventure Travel Workshop

Keynote Speaker for MarkeTech + Agritourism & Adventure Travel Workshop

As part of the MarkeTech 2023 conference, keynote speaker Sarah Calhoun of Red Ants Pants will be speaking for the very first time in Nebraska. As an industry leader in both business and functional fashion, Calhoun will bring her passion for rural communities, working family farms and ranches, and advocating for women in leadership.

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GROW Nebraska Continues Free Training Series With Google Partner

GROW Nebraska Continues Free Training Series With Google Partner

GROW Nebraska, in partnership with Google, launched a new training series in February of 2022. This FREE to the public workshop series features different topics each month, with a focus on google tools and boosting online visibility for businesses. There are both English & Spanish versions of these trainings offered every first Wednesday of the month. The English session takes place over zoom at 12pm CST. The Spanish session is done the same day at 6pm CST. All GROW Nebraska trainings are on demand trainings anywhere anytime. If entrepreneurs are unable to join during the live presentation all they need to do is sign up and the recording will be sent to them.

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GROW Nebraska Member Clarissa Feldman Goes Full Time with Business Setting D Ranch LLC

GROW Nebraska Member Clarissa Feldman Goes Full Time with Business Setting D Ranch LLC

GROW Nebraska is excited to announce Clarissa Feldman of Setting D Ranch LLC has made her part time business a full-time job! Clarissa and her husband Dan run a ranch by Litchfield Nebraska, and their company sells all different kinds of cuts of meat, from beef to pork they have a wide range of options. GROW Nebraska partnered with Clarissa Feldman back in 2021. Clarissa started working for GROW Nebraska full time knowing she wanted a place where she was able to grow her business and learn as much as possible.

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Every Day is a Gift Box Kind of Day – Support Nebraska Businesses Get Yours for the Holidays!

Every Day is a Gift Box Kind of Day – Support Nebraska Businesses Get Yours for the Holidays!

GROW Nebraska is excited for gift box season being right around the corner! There are so many great things to promote and put out there from all the Nebraska businesses who participate! Every box is customized and made with the person in mind. We ask a variety of questions when you order, either in person, email, or phone, making it the perfect gift from you to anyone you want to gift it to!

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State Fair 2022 Proves to be Success for GROW Nebraska Members

State Fair 2022 Proves to be Success for GROW Nebraska Members

As 2022’s state fair has come to an end, GROW Nebraska wants to thank all the members for making it possible for this year’s outcome to be so great! We were up over all in sales and had our second largest state fair outcome. GROW Nebraska had about 54 businesses participate, and some of those were service businesses who came and promoted their products!

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GROW Nebraska Women’s Business Center Welcome’s Lydia Okuku

GROW Nebraska Women’s Business Center Welcome’s Lydia Okuku

This Summer, the GROW Nebraska Women’s Business Center (GNWBC) was offered an opportunity to partner with Step Up! Omaha – a nonprofit organization that assist youths in resume and interview preparation and first job placements. Step Up! Omaha was able to pair us with an amazing intern named Lydia Okuku. Lydia came to us as a 2022 graduate from Millard North who was excited to learn more about marketing and business management.

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GROW Nebraska is Back for 2022 State Fair

GROW Nebraska is Back for 2022 State Fair

Deep fat fried food, animals all around, carnival rides, sweet tooth cravings to fill up on! What could all of this mean except Nebraska State Fair is getting ready to roll into town again! GROW Nebraska is happy to be a vendor there again this year with a store front booth inside the Pinnacle building!

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GROW Nebraska Welcomes New Board Member

GROW Nebraska Welcomes New Board Member

GROW Nebraska is excited to announce a new board member, Gary Peterson! Although he may be new to the board, Gary has been a part of the GROW Nebraska foundation since the very beginning. He was an early adviser when the foundation started in 1998.

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Scholarship Program Holds Success for GROW Nebraska Women’s Business Center Client Chelsea Hawkins

Scholarship Program Holds Success for GROW Nebraska Women’s Business Center Client Chelsea Hawkins

Back in the Fall of 2022, Chelsea came to the GROW Nebraska Women’s Business Center to help officially launch her hair care company called Simply Soul. Simply Soul is known for selling hair masks right now however, they plan to grow and sell more products outside of just hair masks. Chelsea started this business hoping to help other people and give back knowing that the hair masks helped her with her overall scalp health.

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MarkeTech of Kearney to Teach Cottage Industries to Sell Like Fortune 500 Companies

MarkeTech of Kearney to Teach Cottage Industries to Sell Like Fortune 500 Companies

Maria Elena Duron of Houston will kick off the June 21-22 event at the Younes Conference Center South. The annual conference was created to help Nebraska’s cottage industries learn effective ways to market their wares. However, MarkeTech now is attracting larger businesses — a testament to the effectiveness of what they’ve learned at the conference put on by GROW Nebraska.

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Younes Campus
421 W Talmadge Street Suite #1 | Kearney, NE 68845
308.338.3520| info@grownebraska.org