June 6, 2013

  • Take a stroll through Ben Barreth’s Hacker House in Kansas City

    Homes for Hackers founder Ben Barreth (above right, in cardboard cutout form) recently opened up the pad with the help of Google Street View Business Photos. The Hacker House rents space to developers, providing access to high-speed Google Fiber (and complementary towels, among other things) in the Kansas City Startup Village …

  • Health Tech Hatch helps facilitate Blue Button Co-Design Challenge

    The team at Health Tech Hatch is using their product’s crowdsourcing and testing capabilities to help facilitate a programming …

  • Des Moines, Houston team helps businesses post smarter on Facebook

    When Jennic Law and her husband, Justin, first opened KangarooBoo, a West Des Moines store selling baby toys and gifts, she admits she didn’t know much about running a business. An ex-engineer, Jennic had never managed a small business before, but she knew building a social media following would be crucial. Though Justin built the…

  • FastTrac president praises CAPS’ high school entrepreneurial prep

    High school can be challenging for teens, but typically that’s because of the growing pains of puberty and autonomy. But Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) has a different challenge for teenage students: to create a business or product. “We’re not preparing these students for college; we’re preparing them for life,” said Donna Deeds, CAPS…