March 11, 2013

  • Mozilla, Kauffman and others to host Gigabit City hackathon March 22-24

    For 52 hours from March 22–24, technologists will be asked to dream up uses for Kansas City’s gigabit internet connection. The occasion, the first Hacking the Gigabit City event, is being organized by Mozilla, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, US Ignite and KC Digital Drive. Dinner, drinks and a rapid-fire pitch session kick off the…

  • Startup founder to address failure at KANEKO event Thursday

    This Thursday KANEKO, in conjunction with the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, will host the first in a three-part series of lectures on the the lessons that can be learned from professional and personal failure. Marcus Nelson (left), founder and CEO of San Francisco startup Addvocate, will speak at the first Failing Forward Conversations along…

  • Kansas City startup Phone2Action dials in at SXSW Accelerator

    You just spent hours at a rally getting fired up about a cause you believe in. The speeches, music and camaraderie with fellow supporters has you ready to act. Now what? Kansas City, Mo. startup Phone2Action took the South by Southwest Interactive Accelerator stage today to convince the audience its toolbox of mobile advocacy engagement…