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Fresh off Startup Weekend win, doodle cloud tries Kickstarter
The doodle cloud team appears determined to not to let its momentum fizzle following a first-place finish over the weekend at Startup Weekend Des Moines. In fact, the gang’s gone as far as offering hot air balloon rides to help its idea become a reality … but more on that in a moment. doodle cloud,…
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Think Big and KC Chamber announce name of new conference, IgniteKC
A contest to pick the name of a new Kansas City conference on innovation and entrepreneurship has ended. The organizations behind it, Think Big Kansas City and the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, announced today it will be called IgniteKC. The new conference is a combination of two other events – the Chamber’s Innovation…
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New UNL technology provides location-based crime data to police
With a smorgasbord of apps to assist would-be diners in locating somewhere in the neighborhood to break bread, why aren’t there similar applications to aid police officers in finding and deterring bad? Back when Lincoln Public Safety Director Tom Casady was the chief of the Lincoln Police Department, he began to ponder that problem. Now,…
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Watch the 16 final pitches of Startup Weekend Des Moines (Video)
To wrap up our coverage of Startup Weekend Des Moines, we’ve edited down our video of Sunday’s three-hour final pitch session to an hour and fifteen minutes, presenting all 16 team pitches and the award ceremony to top it off. Here are winners of the weekend, as selected by judges Ben Milne of Dwolla, Mike…
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The Silicon Prairie at SXSW 2012: Panels, pitches, party and more
“Spring break for nerds” is about to begin – er, I mean – South by Southwest Interactive starts Friday in Austin. The annual event, one of three events that make up the 10-day South by Southwest festival, will bring together nearly 20,000 people from around the world for five days of panels, presentations, parties and…