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Sen. Moran’s immigration bill amendment aims to keep talent here
Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) has filed an amendment to the immigration bill currently heating up the Senate floor in an attempt to make the U.S. more attractive to foreign entrepreneurs. It would supplement a measure that creates visas for them to stay and expand their businesses. Moran’s …
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CNN@SXSW captures Silicon Prairie, Kansas Sen. Moran in Austin (Video)
CNN last Saturday premiered its roundup of more than a week’s worth of coverage of this year’s South by Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas. “The annual SXSW festival is where the tools developed in Silicon Valley and elsewhere are turned into the culture of today,” said CNN producer Josh Rubin, the host of the 30-minute…
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Kansas City startup Phone2Action dials in at SXSW Accelerator
You just spent hours at a rally getting fired up about a cause you believe in. The speeches, music and camaraderie with fellow supporters has you ready to act. Now what? Kansas City, Mo. startup Phone2Action took the South by Southwest Interactive Accelerator stage today to convince the audience its toolbox of mobile advocacy engagement…
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Sen. Jerry Moran makes second SXSW trip to promote Startup Act 3.0
Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) is in Austin, Texas, today and Saturday for his second trip to South by Southwest Interactive to promote the third version of the Startup Act at several events. The bill, first introduced by Sens. Moran and Mark Warner (D-Va.) in 2011, aims to fuel economic growth and create jobs through Entrepreneur…
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Watch Kauffman’s State of Entrepreneurship Address at 11 a.m.
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation CEO Tom McDonnell will be joined by Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran and others today in Washington, D.C. for the Kansas City, Mo.-based organization’s fourth annual State of Entrepreneurship Address. Following the 30-minute address at 11 a.m., a five-person panel at noon is expected address challenges and opportunities in financing new …
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On Senate floor, Moran gives nod to two Kansas startups (Video)
Sen. Jerry Moran used the occasion of Global Entrepreneurship Week last week as an opportunity to take the floor of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday and make another pitch for Startup Act 2.0, a bill he co-sponsored to “address critical needs facing entrepreneurs today.” The senator from Kansas opened his pitch, as he has done…
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Q&A with Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas, sponsor of Startup Act 2.0
Startup Act 2.0, a bill introduced last month by a group of U.S. Senators that included Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas, aims to make success come easier to entrepreneurs, allow businesses to recruit bright minds from all over the world and retain foreign college graduates who want to start businesses in the U.S. The original…
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Senators unveil Startup Act 2.0, aim for spike in companies, jobs (Video)
Four U.S. Senators, including Jerry Moran of Kansas, on Tuesday introduced Startup Act 2.0, a piece of bipartisan legislation designed to jumpstart the economy through the creation and growth of new businesses. Startup Act 2.0 builds on the original Startup Act, which was introduced to the senate by Moran and Mark Warner (D-Va.) in December…
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Roundup of the Silicon Prairie at SXSW 2012
With South by Southwest Interactive one week behind us, we’ve compiled links to articles, blog posts, tweets, photos, audio and video that cover or mention Silicon Prairie-based entrepreneurs and startups that took part in the event. During the five-day festival in Austin, Texas, a number of individuals from the Silicon Prairie participated on panels, competed…
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Kansas Sen. Moran talks Startup Act at SXSW, urges big social media push
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) took the stage at South by Southwest Interactive on Sunday afternoon for a brief presentation, an interview with the director of an Austin startup accelerator and an audience Q&A. His topic, “Encouraging Innovation and Empowering Entrepreneurs,” focused on The Startup Act, a bill he co-authored with Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.).…