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New Kansas City coworking space for startups gives tenants ownership
A new coworking space focused toward the startup community will fill this location at 1624 Westport Road. Nate Allen, co-founder of 4 First Names, wants to create a community coworking space in Kansas City for startups, run by startups. That means he needs you. The entire operation, from ideation to the space’s upkeep, has and…
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KC Startup Crawl returns for round two June 28, hopes to double scope
Round two of the KC Startup Crawl, the sequel to February’s inaugural showcase of area startups, is ready to ring in again June 28 from 4-9 p.m. at about a dozen stops along a shuttled route during 1Week KC. Volunteer organizer Carrie Royce wants to double the scope from last time, which highlighted about 50…
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Carrie Royce on why she left Red Nova Labs, what the KC scene needs
Carrie Royce recently resigned from the company she co-founded, Red Nova Labs, to pursue her own startups. With her involvement in the Kansas City startup community—she started Red Nova’s Venture Fridays event and spearheaded the KC Startup Crawl—we recently conducted an email interview with Royce to learn more about her journey. | Silicon Prairie News:…
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With programming games for kids, TutHopper tops Startup Weekend KC
Carrie Royce sees a world of potential when she watches her 8-year-old son, Walter, and his pack of tech-inclined pals eschew sports and other pursuits in favor of video games, computers and electronics. “They’re the next Apple, right?” Royce says of the youngsters. “If you prepare them for that.” Royce and a pack of her…
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Dan Miller: From Intel to angel investor to Red Nova Labs
Red Nova Labs takes its name and mission from “luminous red nova,” the label applied to a new class of stellar explosions. Just as these astronomical phenomena are thought to occur when two stars merge, Red Nova Labs set out in similar fashion in 2009 “to merge business and customers via the web.” Red Nova…