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  • Pipeline, Kansas City Startup Village to host open houses in May

    The Kansas City Startup Village and one of its newest villagers will host separate open houses in May. Pipeline, an invitation-only group of entrepreneurs focused on business leadership development, will host those interested to “see our new space, meet some of our members and advisors and connect with others in the Startup Village” from 4–6…

  • Brad Feld hands Fiberhouse keys to Handprint

    Brad Feld’s Fiberhouse is ready to make its mark in the Kansas City Startup Village, the neighborhood where Google Fiber was first installed. The Boulder, Colo., investor, entrepreneur and author announced today on his blog that 3D modeling startup Handprint has won his KC Fiberhouse competition. “Handprint is working on some amazing 3D printing and…

  • Google Fiber to the Pole answers gigabit need outside the home

    Kansas Citians with Google Fiber are spoiled by gigabit speeds when they’re at home, but how do they access the ultrafast internet connection when they’re on the go? “We realized that the answer was all around us—utility poles,” Michael Plump, product lead for Fiber to the Pole, said today on the Google Fiber …

  • Nonprofit bridges digital divide for Kansas City’s low-income residents

    Google Fiber has jump started a growing list of Kansas City startups, but Connecting for Good wants to keep the metro’s low-income residents up to speed. …

  • Brad Feld, Startup Village get second chance at Google Fiber

    Google on Thursday told residents in its first “fiberhood,” Hanover Heights in Kansas City, Kan., that it reopened Google Fiber registration for two weeks. “Many properties didn’t realize the impact and value of Fiber before the initial registration period was closed,” Kansas City Startup Village leader Adam Arredondo (right) said Thursday in an email …

  • KC Startup Crawl to board shuttles, stop at six venues Friday

    The opportunity to meet nearly 50 companies and organizations in Kansas City’s startup community is a just free shuttle ride away. From 4-10 p.m. Friday, the first Kansas City Startup Crawl aims to introduce participants to area entrepreneurs, startups, accelerators and service providers. “It’s like a pub crawl, but instead of bars, it’s a looping…

  • KC Startup Village could put a dent in the fabric of Kansas City

    (Guest post by Matthew Marcus.) During one of his more memorable speeches, former Apple CEO Steve Jobs told his employees, “We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?” At first glance, one might presume Jobs was simply telling his minions that he wanted Apple to change the world.…

  • Grassroots KC Startup Village fuels high hopes amid uncertain outcomes

    Mike Farmer has spent time in Silicon Valley and New York, but he says he hasn’t seen anything quite like what’s springing up along State Line Road in Kansas City. Farmer is the founder and CEO of Kansas City, Kan.-based mobile search startup Leap2, and his company is part of Kansas City Startup Village (KCSV),…

  • CNN shines spotlight on Kansas City Startup Village (Video)

    CNN show Anderson Cooper 360º on Monday highlighted the entrepreneurial activity taking place in the first neighborhood to receive Google Fiber in the Kansas City area. “In the bustling heart of Kansas City, the pioneer spirit is burning brightly,” CNN’s Tom Foreman reports as footage from the Nov. 28 edition of 1 Million Cups appears.…

  • Google puts Kansas City home shared by startups at front of Fiber line

    A Kansas City, Kan. house shared by three startups will be one of the first to receive Google Fiber in the Kansas City area. “We’re working with a small group of pre-selected customers to test out everything before we officially launch to our customer installation program,” Google Fiber spokesperson Jenna Wandres said in a phone…