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Jarrett says Pipeline Innovator of the Year award is validating, surreal
Paul Jarrett’s opinion of the Pipeline entrepreneurship program changed quickly. At the beginning, talked into it by friends and mentors, Jarrett went to the first interview in jeans and was surrounded by entrepreneurs with suits and briefcases. “I’ve never owned a briefcase in my life,” he said. But by the end of it, after he…
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Applications to attend KC Chamber’s Access for Entrepreneurs close Friday
Next month the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce‘s lunch program, Access for Entrepreneurs, will return for another season. From March through December, entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to engage with senior-level executives from an array of Kansas City companies over lunch. Last year’s slate of guests included H&R Block CEO Bill Cobb, Blue Cross and…
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Bloomsnap helps customers order flowers online, florists use inventory
With the year’s number one flower purchasing holiday just around the corner, the search is on for the perfect Valentine’s Day bouquet. But sometimes ordering flowers online isn’t reliable. Maybe the bouquet you selected didn’t end up looking like its picture or it didn’t get to the recipient on-time. Enter Bloomsnap, one of Des Moines…
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Startup Weekend NEXT comes to Lincoln to bridge gap in community
Lincoln has hosted a Startup Weekend. It also has an accelerator. But been nothing in between—until now. Startup Weekend NEXT, a five-week program for entrepreneurs in between the steps of say a Startup Weekend and being prepared to apply to an accelerator, hopes to bridge a gap in the community…