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BIG, Cedar Rapids schools partner for alternative approach to education
School has been back in session for awhile, but you won’t find students in the Big Ideas Group hitting a mid-semester slump. On any given day one student may be recording an album while another gears up to participate in the Google Science Fair. In August the supplemental education program, formally called the Big Ideas…
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KC update: Hoopla.io wins big in Dallas, Sock 101 hits Kickstarter goal
Success is contagious in Kansas City right now. Knoda just announced it has secured seed funding from a local investor, topping off another pair of recent success. First, Hoopla.io, the event discovery platform that recently began its national content expansion, went down to Dallas last week for Miller Lite’s Tap the Future pitch competition and came…
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KC-based prediction startup Knoda secures seed round from local investor
Kyle Rogers knew in 1999 that his Kansas Jayhawks would win the national basketball championship in 2003 behind the likes of future first-round picks Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison. In passing, told his mom. Four years later, KU lost by three points in that game. He came close, and though he missed, he remembered telling…
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Iowa Startup Accelerator to sponsor 1 Million Cups broadcast across state
During 1 Million Cups Cedar Rapids this morning, organizers of the Iowa Startup Accelerator announced that—likely beginning in January 2014—the group will sponsor a broadcast of 1 Million Cups across the state. “The startup culture is strong in many communities around Iowa, but for the most part they are operating independently,” said Eric Engelmann …