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New Kansas City event hopes to inspire teen innovation
After years of owning his own small business, William Robison’s children had begun to ask questions about owning their own business someday. “As a business owner for as long as they can remember, they have only witnessed this side of the world,” he said. “As they mature, I challenge them to explore opportunities of their…
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Hack of the Sexes to test hypothesis April 26-27
Organizers of the inaugural Hack of the Sexes competition are using the 24-hour hackathon model as a testing ground for its hypothesis that mixed-gender teams produce better results on the way to a better city. From April 26-27 at Kauffman Labs, anyone with a passion for their community—designers, artists, developers, engineers and others—can decide whether…
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Kauffman Labs to host “Running Lean” workshop Tuesday
Most products fail, but they do so because their creators waste time building the wrong product, not because those creators don’t launch the product they set out to build. So goes the theory at the heart of Running Lean, a workshop that’s set to take place from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday at The Ewing Marion…
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Kauffman’s 1 Million Cups out to help startups grow with each cup of joe
Sparking the growth of the Kansas City entrepreneurial community, one cup of coffee at a time, is the goal behind 1 Million Cups, a new education program from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. “The Kauffman Foundation’s entrepreneurship team developed 1 Million Cups as a way to engage Kansas City’s entrepreneurs on a weekly basis, educate…
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Prairie Moves: Quadis Technologies, DocuTap, Scott Kubie and more
Published Tuesdays (one day late this week) and Fridays, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post,…
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A Big Omaha thank you to the Kauffman Foundation
On the eve of Big Omaha 2011, we can’t be more excited to formally thank the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for stepping forward as the premier sponsor …
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Fast Company: ‘Why You Should Start a Company in… Kansas City’
Yesterday, Fast Company magazine continued its online series highlighting entrepreneurial hubs around the country. Once again, they’ve landed in the Silicon Prairie. This time, in the “world’s barbecue capital,” Kansas City. The article, “Why You Should Start a Company in… Kansas City,” is an interview with Bo Fishback, vice president of entrepreneurship…