Joni Cobb

  • Kauffman Foundation announces second Pipeline challenge grant

    Since its inception in 2006, Pipeline president and CEO Joni Cobb says the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has been a supporter and “intellectual partner” of the entrepreneurial leadership organization.

  • Pipeline CEO to appear on Microsoft’s BizSpark Show tonight at 5 p.m.

    Monday evening PIPELINE president and CEO Joni Cobb will appear on The BizSpark Show, Microsoft’s startup TV chat show. The program is hosted by Douglas Crets and features individuals from around the world…

  • Sprint partners with Pipeline, opens lines of communication to members

    Sprint has opened the lines of communication with Pipeline Entrepreneurial Fellowship as a top-level corporate partner. Announced today, the Kansas City neighbors will collaborate on new entrepreneurial programs in the region, share strategies and knowledge, create national relationships and …

  • KC tech advocates weigh in on Austin’s addition to the Fiber family

    Kansas City and Austin, Texas, became Google Fiber siblings Tuesday with the announcement that the internet giant would take its ultrafast connectivity south in the middle of next year. Just as was the case when Kansas City heard the news in 2011, the big-picture impact is foggy. Will the unique relationship with Austin build a…

  • Pipeline preps for Innovator of the Year, invites public to watch pitches

    Pipeline, a Kansas City, Kan.-based fellowship for high-growth entrepreneurs, on Thursday will award one of its current 12 entrepreneurs the title of “Innovator of the Year” and announce this year’s class at its annual gathering. Though the event’s evening celebration is sold out (a waitlist is available), seats still remains for the free day-time event…

  • Pipeline opens application process for 2013 entrepreneurial fellowship

    Pipeline, a Kansas City, Kan.-based regional entrepreneurial fellowship, today opened the application process for entrepreneurs interested in being part of the program’s 2013 class. A year-long program highlighted by intensive, three-day modules each quarter and an Innovator of The Year event in January, Pipeline takes entrepreneurs from from Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska and seeks to…

  • Pipeline plays it ‘cool’ during Nebraska debut

    Making its official Nebraska debut last week, Pipeline played it cool. Pipeline, a regional entrepreneurial fellowship based in the Kansas City area, held the first Nebraska module in its history May 2-4 in Omaha and Lincoln. And, on Thursday night, Pipeline took over The KANEKO and opened the module to guests for the COOL Lounge…

  • 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…

  • SXSnippets: Soggy Saturday still ‘overwhelming, cool and addictive’

    11:30 a.m. – Head to Austin Convention Center in style. Sister lives here and takes me by her cute Fiat convertible door-to-door where I need to go. Cool!? Except it’s raining buckets here. Why did I leave 70 degrees in KC? | 12:40 p.m. – Fascinated by the characters everywhere. People in sumo outfits, light…

  • Pipeline embraces expression, expansion at Innovator of the Year

    From interludes for performance art to an auction of high-dollar paintings and sculptures, Pipeline’s Innovator of the Year (IOTY) celebration oozed artistic expression. But there was no tableau more telling nor sound more significant than the site of the dozen people that took center stage at night’s end and the label Pipeline CEO Joni Cobb…