How an MIT program planted the roots for Open Range and continues to shape Omaha’s startup ecosystem - Silicon Prairie News

How an MIT program planted the roots for Open Range and continues to shape Omaha’s startup ecosystem - Silicon Prairie News

Several years ago, when Adriana Cisneros Basulto pivoted from a corporate HR career to co-founding the HR startup Maxwell, she felt, in some ways, lost. “Starting something new is like, where do you go?” she said.  Many key moments came down to luck, like talking with someone who mentioned support programs that Cisneros Basulto had never heard of. “I remember when I first heard about the (Nebraska Innovation Fund) Prototype Grant, I was like, ‘W…