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  • 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),…

  • New “built” badges promote Silicon Prairie, Kansas City pride

    A pair of Silicon Prairie companies this week introduced easy ways to help their neighbors tout their Midwestern roots. Goodtwin, an Omaha digital agency, today launched Silicon Prairie Built (above), a site that encourages startups in and around Omaha, Des Moines and Kansas City to identify themselves as Silicon Prairie shops. Silicon Prairie Built offers…

  • 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…