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Join past winners, first-timers for Columbia’s third Startup Weekend
It’s that time of year again, when Columbia’s eager and willing come together for a weekend of unbridled creativity and collaboration channeled to build viable startup ventures. Entering its third year, Startup Weekend Columbia will once again take place at Museao this week. The weekend—using the formula developed by the international Startup Weekend program …
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Adventur.es’ Brent Beshore finds success, then builds community
On a Friday afternoon, Brent Beshore decides to play a game of pingpong because, well, he likes to play pingpong. This isn’t your average game of table tennis, however, because Beshore is technically at work—a term he would probably avoid using to describe his “job,” which isn’t exactly the right word for it either. Eight…
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Nine hiring checkpoints
Between AdVentures and our portfolio companies, we’re no strangers to hiring. Personally, I’ve hired nearly one-hundred people in the past five years. Some have been fantastic hires and long-term fits. Others have been terrible. Throughout the process, we’ve developed a set of rules so we land more of the long-term people – and fewer short-timers.…
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Meet the CoMo community. A startup tour of Columbia, Missouri
I love Columbia, Mo. It’s vibrant and artsy. It’s highly educated. It’s full of opportunity and has the No. 4 ranked basketball team in the country (sorry … couldn’t resist). A few months ago, the community inspired me to write an article, “5 Advantages Of Small Town Entrepreneurial Living,” about why I choose to live…
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Prairie Moves: Dave Rowe, I Smell Brains, Slouch Couch and more
As Thinc Iowa nears (now just 12 days away), our staff resources have been moved around for event planning and execution and unfortunately for our readers, this means our content volume and deadlines take a hit. Expect fresh stories daily, but look to Prairie Moves to keep you in the loop on the activities of…