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Gentry Underwood takes a designer’s approach to startup problems (Video)
With the ascent of Apple, the notion that an emphasis on design can drive business success has become more commonplace in recent years, Gentry Underwood says. But Underwood, the co-founder and CEO of Orchestra, doesn’t need to look toward Cupertino to see the impact that a design-centric approach can have on a company. After all,…
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Contest offering students design, development instruction ends Friday
Silicon Prairie students and recent graduates interested in learning to design and develop will have an opportunity through Friday to qualify for two years of free online instruction in those disciplines. Treehouse, a company that provides a series of web-based videos and quizzes to help people learn how to design and develop for the web…
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24 startups to pitch Monday at Startup@Kauffman Demo Day
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has announced a lineup of 24 startups slated to present Monday at the second Startup@Kauffman Demo Day, an event that will serve as the official opener for Global Entrepreneurship Week in Kansas City. It will be the second such event hosted this year by the Kauffman Foundation, following a Demo…
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From hustle to hiring, Ryan Graves discusses keys to scaling Uber (Video)
Ryan Graves can trace his career at Uber back to one tweet. Well, one tweet and a whole lot of hustle. Graves, Uber’s Global GM and VP of Operations, spoke Oct. 11 at Thinc Iowa 2012 about helping build Uber, the San Francisco-based startup that provides on-demand car service through a mobile app, and he…