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CoJoe coworking space coming to St. Joseph, Missouri
St. Joseph, Missouri’s entrepreneurial scene is about to have one of their top wishes granted with the upcoming opening of CoJoe, an innovative co-working space located in historic downtown St. Joseph. An opening reception will be held at CoJoe from 4 to 6 p.m. on Jan. 31. Planners describe CoJoe as a fully-functional workspace designed…
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SPN QA with The Innovators co-hosts Blake Lawrence and Will Compton
Next week’s The Innovators in Kansas City is a much-anticipated event known for bringing together successful entrepreneurs, investors, advisors, and thought leaders from near and far. Events will take place during the day at The Alamo Drafthouse where the 2017 Fellows will vie to be named Innovator of the Year, an award that is comprised…
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OnCore Golf and vGolf announce partnership and development agreement for Virtual Caddy
OnCore Golf Technology, Inc., a Buffalo, New York-based leading innovator in golf ball technologies, announced today a partnership with Omaha-based vGolf, LLC. The partnership combines vGolf’s mixed reality technology using augmented reality glasses with OnCore Golf’s chip-embedded GENiUS BALL™. GENiUS BALL is a smart ball with embedded advanced chip-set technology that captures performance data including…
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SPN Managing Director Brian Lee’s favorite stories of 2017
2017 was a year of growth for pillar companies on the Silicon Prairie. A lot of money was raised, and people were hired at scaling-phase companies whose names we’ve all been hearing about over the last few years. At the smaller end of the spectrum, lots of great ideas were hatched in our various incubators,…
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SPN’s most read stories of 2017
SPN is honored to have spent another year celebrating the makers and doers of the Silicon Prairie. Through sharing the region’s news, events and updates with our audience, we continue our mission to grow, connect and inspire the tech innovation communities of Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas. Every article was a favorite of our writers and…
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SPN’s biggest success stories of 2017
2017 was another big year for growth in the Silicon Prairie. The last twelve months brought countless announcements from startups championing multi-million dollar raises, acquisitions, partnerships, buildouts, hires and mergers. Organizations that support startups and entrepreneurship across the region had huge wins in 2017. Nebraska Angels’ investments were higher than any previous year, Missouri established…
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SPN Kernels: News from across the prairie
Kansas City, MO: Likarda Scales Up with New Space Biotech research laboratory Likarda more than doubled the square footage of their laboratory space with a move to the former Marion Laboratories campus in south Kansas City, Missouri after having outgrown its space at the Bioscience & Technology Business Center (BTBC) on the KU Medical Center…
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This policy helped build Missouri’s innovation districts, and it might be going away
Three years ago, I took a risk and started a marketing and public relations consulting company. Starting my own firm meant giving up a steady paycheck, which was something that I (and most other people) take very seriously. Sixteen years before I became an entrepreneur, my dad had placed the same bet on himself—and it…
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Hudl unveils new headquarters and innovative activity-based workspace
On Tuesday, Hudl CEO David Graff along other Nebraska dignitaries including Governor Pete Ricketts, cut the ribbon on a new 170,000 square foot headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska; an innovative, activity-based workspace where no one “owns” a desk. SPN caught up with Hudl Facilities Designer Lead Jeff Scott, one of two in-house architects to learn more…
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Paul Jarrett: Where I got it wrong the first time
This article originally appeared on pauljarrett.com. I’m fortunate to belong to two super rad communities: the Subscription Box industry and the Midwest Startup community. One thing that I’ve learned from people far smarter and more successful than me is the importance of transparency and honesty in building a healthy, vibrant community. When you’re in the…