​The organizers and communities from every 1 Million Cups chapter in Nebraska are coming together for Startup Week.

​Join us at the Arbor Day Foundation in Lincoln from 8:30am to 10:30am.

​Can't make it to Lincoln?

• ​You are welcome to watch from your home base.

• ​We'll be streaming live from Lincoln for remote locations.

• ​Partners will still be hosting office hours including:

  • ​MOVE Venture Capital

  • ​Creighton's Greisch Center for Enterprise Value

  • ​Nebraska Startup Academy

  • ​Nebraska Enterprise Fund

  • ​NBDC

​What to Expect

​1MC Ecosystem Update

• ​1MC Grand Island

• ​1MC Norfolk

• ​1MC Lincoln

• ​1MC Omaha

​Funding Fireside Chat

​Rick Knudtson, Co-Founder & CEO of Workshop

​Rick Knudtson is the co-founder and CEO of Workshop, an email-first internal communications platform based in Omaha, NE. He’s helped grow Workshop into a platform trusted by more than 600 customers around the world, with a growing team and a new office in Dublin, Ireland. Before Workshop, he co-founded Flywheel, a web-hosting platform acquired by WP Engine in 2019, where he helped scale the business to 250 global employees and over 30,000 customers.

​John Wirtz, Executive Advisor for Hudl

​John co-founded Hudl in 2006 alongside David Graff and Brian Kaiser, helping build the company into one of the world’s leading sports technology platforms. Under his leadership as Chief Product Officer, Hudl grew to support more than 200,000 teams globally, transforming how coaches, athletes, analysts, and administrators use video and data to improve performance.

​Tullen Mabbutt, CFO, CompanyCam

​Shelby Strattan, Investment Manager at Invest Nebraska

​Shelby Strattan is an Investment Manager at Invest Nebraska, where she leads early-stage venture investments and also leads efforts for the Nebraska Rural Health Tech Catalyst Fund, a national initiative deploying non-dilutive funding to health technologies improving rural healthcare access and outcomes in the state. Her work spans investment diligence, portfolio management, and building partnerships across the venture, healthcare, and economic development ecosystems. Prior to Invest Nebraska, Shelby worked across capital markets banking, private equity, and a regenerative agriculture startup.

​Josh Bartels, Executive Director at Nebraska Angels

​Josh Bartels serves as the Executive Director of Nebraska Angels, a network of 100+ investors backing high-growth startups across Nebraska and the broader Midwest. Since 2006, members have deployed $90 million across 95+ companies, and the group ranks as the #5 most active angel network in the U.S.

​Amie Konwinski, COO of AeQuitas Invest

​About Arbor Day Foundation

​For more than 50 years, we've been planting trees at the speed of a changing world alongside people and brands to help take on some of the biggest challenges of our time. And we’re just getting started.

​Learn more at https://www.arborday.org/