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Connections, collaboration cited as key for KC at Big Idea Exchange
Endeavoring to make a place “America’s most entrepreneurial” is nice in concept. It’s the sort of ambition that can generate all kinds of energy and provide fodder for countless conversations. But how, pray tell, does a city go about delivering on those discussions? What’s the best way to convert conversation into action? And, once that…
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Prairie Moves: A ‘blunt, direct voice’ in Des Moines’ startup community
Lead Read: “A blunt, direct voice” – Dan Shipton of BitMethod profiled in Sunday’s Des Moines Register, giving an in-depth look at his background and approach Quotable: “We are destroying our competitors. Part of me says I don’t really care if the VCs on Sand Hill Road know us. We don’t need their money. We’re…
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Startup@Kauffman events provide launchpad for One Week KC
The “Foundation for Entrepreneurship” on Monday helped lay the foundation for an entrepreneurship-focused week in Kansas City. The Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation hosted Startup@Kauffman, a day’s worth of entrepreneurial activities to kick off One Week KC, a nine-day series of 30-plus events designed to inspire, educate and connect Kansas City entrepreneurs. One…
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Omaha freeware maker releases first commercial game, Resonance
Vince Wesselmann (or Vince Twelve as he’s known online), owner of xii games and creator of several freeware adventures, has partnered with Wadjet Eye Games of New York to release today his first commercial game, Resonance. An independent retro-adventure, Resonance offers a look into a near-future world where a particle scientist has discovered a new…
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Q&A: Omaha World-Herald designer on Omaha.com redesign
Today marks the launch of the Omaha World-Herald’s redesigned website, which has been in the works for about a year, according to online team leader Ben Vankat. We conducted an email interview on Wednesday with Vankat (left) about how the new site came to be, challenges presented by the redesign and how it will incorporate…