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KCSourceLink releases 2018 We Create KC entrepreneurial report
KCSourceLink released their fifth annual We Create KC state of entrepreneurship report on Thursday, providing data on Kansas City’s progress toward becoming “America’s most entrepreneurial city.” The report provides an overview of Kansas city’s entrepreneurial ecosystem including growth of resources for entrepreneurs, access to capital and more. “We know that the right connections matter to…
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Kansas City’s Firebrand Ventures closes fund at $17.7M
Firebrand Ventures announced the close of its seed fund on Wednesday, with an oversubscribed total of $17.7 million, nearly 250% over their initial goal of $7M. In a time when roughly 75-80% of venture capital raised in the U.S. still goes to California, Massachusetts and New York, Firebrand’s Kansas City-based fund is proving there’s VC interest…
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Kitchen Council lowers entry barrier for food entrepreneurs
The concept of applying a business accelerator model to a shared commercial kitchen isn’t new. Food incubators like Union Kitchen in Washington D.C. have been around for years. But bringing that model to the heart of the Silicon Prairie is something new. The Greater Omaha Chamber in partnership with the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce…
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Nebraska needs more women leading high-growth, tech businesses
The American Express 2017 State of Women-Owned Businesses report states that there are an estimated 11.6 million women-owned businesses in the United States which employ almost 9 million people and generate more than $1.7 trillion in revenues. Additionally, the U.S. economy nets 849 new women-owned businesses a day, with over 600 of those being minority-owned.…
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Watts wants to bring innovative coworking to Midtown Omaha
In college, Brandon Peterson and Dallas Polivka built a friendship around entrepreneurship. The two say they have an “opposites attract” type working partnership when it comes to concepting businesses and creating innovation, but the differences in their thinking allow them built off each other’s strengths. Now Peterson, founder of Geokey and nonprofit SELFiD, and Polivka,…
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Infogressive makes 10 new hires, plans for rapid expansion
Lincoln Cybersecurity firm Infogressive announced the expansion of their team on Monday with ten new team members including Chris Currin as Vice President of Sales. “After 11 years of success, it’s time to take Infogressive to the next level,” said founder Justin Kallhoff. “We’ve been around a long time, and we know there’s a huge…
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FreelanceMyWay makes quality connections between freelancers and clients
It was reported towards the end of 2017 that roughly 36 percent of the U.S. workforce was freelancing. Those 57.3 million American freelancers contribute $1.4 trillion annually to the national economy. Freelance growth reports estimate that the majority of working Americans will be freelancers within a decade. With freelancing becoming the norm for people who…
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Kansas City community organizer chosen as international startup mentor
A Kansas City, Missouri resident and startup ecosystem expert has been selected to serve as a mentor to international startup community organizers at the upcoming Global Entrepreneurship Congress next month in Istanbul. The Global Entrepreneurship Congress gathers thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, researchers and support organizations from more than 170 countries. Kyle Smith, Communications Coordinator…
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FUSE expansion supports Lincoln’s evolving tech community
Lincoln’s FUSE has come a long way in five years. Initially conceived as a coworking space by Bob Hinrichs, Andy Beecham and Matt Westenburg, the space has evolved into a hub of corporate and startup innovation that is feeding one of the Silicon Prairie’s most vibrant ecosystems. “Everything that makes up a quick-growing startup or…
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Inside/Outside Innovation Summit returns to Lincoln
Inside/Outside Innovation Summit is back for its second year on May 29-31. Hosted by the Inside/Outside Innovation podcast and NXXT, Inc., The Summit will bring together over 500 innovators for a two-day national conference at The Graduate Hotel in Lincoln. Early bird tickets for the Inside/Outside Innovation Summit are $499 and are available through March…