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Digital design firm founder developed real relationships at Big Omaha
After hearing the buzz stemming from Big Omaha’s first year, Jake Stutzman knew he would not miss his opportunity to attend in 2010. Focused on bringing together creatives, innovators and entrepreneurs, a conference like this was new to the region …
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KCSV helps send 14 KU students on networking trip to Seattle
Last fall, the Kansas City Startup Village’s inaugural MECA Innovation Challenge tasked high school and college students with creating tech solutions for area startups. Now the event is helping even more students toward entrepreneurial success. With funds from MECA, ISAK—Information Systems Association of KU—is able to send 14 students on a two-day networking trip to…
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ActionCard helps franchises keep, track high standards across nation
An Omaha-based dev shop has created a franchise audit mobile app that helps big brands get a consistent product throughout its multiple locations. Omaha-area franchises beta-tested the app before it was officially launched earlier this month at the International Franchise Convention in New Orleans …
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Prairie Portrait: Ari Kern of UP Global
Quote I might have said: “They ought to take chances. Not taking chances will lead to a life of colorless mediocrity. They’ll be comfortable. But something in their spirit will be missing.” — Carlos Hortas, Dean of Yale University (So I didn’t say it, but sounds like me.)
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EyeVerify CEO Toby Rush’s journey from farmhand to founder
Roughly an hour and a half from his office in the Kansas City Startup Village, EyeVerify CEO and founder Toby Rush was trained in the art of entrepreneurship. It wasn’t in a classroom or under the wing of a seasoned business icon, but in the fields of his family’s farm in Severance, Kan. …