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Kauffman paper details new Startup America model, highlights Iowa
“If (Iowa) can do it, we can all do it,” Startup America Partnership CEO Scott Case says in a white paper released Thursday that examines the Startup American Partnership at the 18-month mark. The Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which provided funding for the Partnership’s launch in January 2011, published the paper, “The…
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America, the startup
Amazing day yesterday. Leap2 was one of 10 startups from across America that were invited to be a part of the signing of the JOBS Act. During my day, I walked to the White House with the CEO of the Startup America Partnership, Scott Case, and it was during my walk that Scott and I…
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SPN catches up with Scott Case and the AgLocal team (Video)
Nevermind that he was busy participating in one panel and moderating another last month at South By Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas. Jeff Slobotski, SPN’s co-founder and chief community officer, still found time to put on his reporter’s hat and go to work. In the midst of a whirlwind few days in Austin, he caught…
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Kauffman fellow Wilbanks explores KC’s Fiber opportunity (Video)
The second installment of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s Google Fiber Speaker Series did little to lower an awfully lofty bar set in the series’ first session. John Wilbanks, who’s a senior fellow in entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation and an expert on open content, open data and open innovation systems, delivered the second …
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PrairieCast with Scott Case, Emma Peterson and Jordan Lampe (Video)
One of the best TV shows of all time began each episode with one of the series regulars doing a voice over “Cheers is filmed before a live studio audience,” (in my head, it’s Cliff Clavin saying it) and for the first time we can claim the same for PrairieCast! In addition to the audience,…
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PrairieCast: Live at 2 with Scott Case, Jordan Lampe & Emma Peterson
There’s been a late addition to today’s show! Scott Case, CEO of the Startup America Partnership and one of our Thinc Iowa speakers, will join us live at 2 p.m as a bonus guest! Case is in town as part of the StartupIowa launch today. Previously announced …
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Q&A: Renaud on StartupIowa, a statewide initiative launching today
StartupIowa, the eighth statewide “region” to join the Startup America Partnership, launches today in a closed event at Startup City Des Moines. Startup America …
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A Thinc Iowa thank you to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
We want to extend a warm Thinc Iowa and Silicon Prairie News thank you to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for sponsoring the inaugural Thinc Iowa! The Kauffman Foundation has been one of our closest supporters, and we were thrilled to have them involved in this year’s event around a topic we feel is important…
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Guest Post: Answering Scott Case’s challenge to the Silicon Prairie
At Thinc Iowa in Des Moines last month, Scott Case, CEO of the Startup America Partnership and founding CTO of priceline.com, described the mission of the Startup America Partnership. Initiated by the White House but operating as an independent, private-sector entity, the Startup America Partnership is dedicated to growing more resources for entrepreneurs in the…