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Hack of the Sexes to test hypothesis April 26-27
Organizers of the inaugural Hack of the Sexes competition are using the 24-hour hackathon model as a testing ground for its hypothesis that mixed-gender teams produce better results on the way to a better city. From April 26-27 at Kauffman Labs, anyone with a passion for their community—designers, artists, developers, engineers and others—can decide whether…
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Emerging Technologies Conference to showcase student projects April 24-25
Students, developers and interested members of the community are invited to attend the tenth annual Emerging Technologies Conference, which will showcase the projects and progress of students in Iowa State University’s Human Computer Interaction program. The conference, which will be held April 24-25, features live demonstrations of research projects, graduate student competitions and a panel…
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KCPT to debut “Startups, Made in Kansas City” Thursday
Kansas City Public Television continues to shine a light on startups. Following coverage of entrepreneurs and the growing startup community on “The Local Show” in February, the station is set to debut a new series Thursday: “Startups, Made in Kansas City.” Startups, small businesses …
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Code for America chief of staff sees “civic startup ecosystem” emerging
Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan., together are a 2013 Code for America partner city, and Abhi Nemani, the organization’s chief of staff, shared his passion for more connected governments during the final afternoon of our Big Kansas City event last week. “We’re trying to show what’s possible for governments,” Nemani said. The San…
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Rachel Brooks believes experiences are your “most important asset”
“As founders, we work a lot,” said Rachel Brooks, co-founder of Citizen Made, an online commerce platform for makers of all types. So for fun, she goes on adventures. “It all stems from asking questions and saying yes to an opportunity.” During her presentation last week at our Big Kansas City event, Brooks encouraged the…
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Micah Baldwin urges entrepreneurs to optimize themselves
After years of advising startups and founding companies, Micah Baldwin was tired. During his talk last week at our Big Kansas City event, the serial entrepreneur and founder and CEO of Graphicly told the audience how he became so worn out he almost sold the company. Graphicly started out as a marketplace for selling comic…
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Reddit co-founder wants you to start working on your idea
Projected behind reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian on the Big Kansas City stage last week was his personal motto in all caps, paired meme-style with a snarling wolf: “Have an idea. Start doing it.” Before his user-generated website built steam, he had to let another idea crash and burn. At our Big Kansas City event, he…