Engler Federation Inc.

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2024-2025 Board of Directors

2024-2025

Fueling the Next Generation of Builders

The Engler Federation works to invest in the dreams of Engler students by helping fund their first steps into entrepreneurship. Every dollar raised goes directly to support the Engler 201 Venture Laboratory, a hands-on class where students don’t just study business—they start one.

In Engler 201, each student team receives a $50 seed grant to launch a venture of their own. While $50 may not seem like much, Engler students have proven otherwise—many have turned that small investment into thousands of dollars in revenue by the end of the semester. Some even continue to grow their businesses long after the class ends.

The best part? They keep the profits, learning firsthand what it means to build, risk, and grow.

When you give to the Engler Federation, you’re not just donating—you’re planting the seeds of future Nebraska businesses.

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Alumni Enterprise Cohorts

Over the last several years, Engler alumni have shared the challenges they face after leaving the undergraduate environment and the close-knit community that the Engler Program provides. Feelings of isolation in their community, dissatisfaction in their current job and figuring out the next steps with their business ideas are common challenges among Engler alumni. Perhaps you can relate to one or more of these. But, no matter the challenge, we each have a need for a community to support and encourage us in pursuing our purpose.

The purpose of the Engler Alumni Cohort is to provide a community of support while pursuing your purpose through entrepreneurship. Cohorts are small groups (about 8-9 in size) who meet monthly throughout the course of a year.

The greatest value delivered during the pilot cohort in 2019 was the feeling of connectedness and accountability that meeting with a group of entrepreneurial peers provided. Additionally, pilot cohort members found value in educational content and easily being able to apply the concepts to their own business/career.

Each monthly session tackles a particular topic that the cohort is interested in exploring. Sometimes this includes bringing in an external facilitator. In the pilot cohort, a few topics we explored included: