Startup Weekend

  • This man created Juristat to predict the future of patents

    This man created Juristat to predict the future of patents

    Juristat is using big data to predict the future… at least for your patent application. The Software as a Service (SaaS) company allows users to plot their chance of success in all aspects of the patent application process. Among the many features, Juristat can tell an attorney the number of allowed (approved), pending and abandoned patent…

  • Startup Weekend Cedar Falls winner provides simplified tech help

    Startup Weekend Cedar Falls winner provides simplified tech help

    CEDAR FALLS, IOWA—Lately is seems like Iowa’s Cedar Valley is buzzing with activity. There have been beers enjoyed during Tech Brews, coffee sipped during 1 Million Cups and, on the heels of Up the Valley, the community’s first Startup Weekend Cedar Falls.

  • Inaugural Startup Weekend Lawrence part of larger community effort

    Inaugural Startup Weekend Lawrence part of larger community effort

    LAWRENCE, KAN.—About 40 miles southwest of Kansas City, you’ll find Lawrence, Kan., the home of the University of Kansas but also of a burgeoning startup community. Now, the city will celebrate another community rite of passage by hosting a Startup Weekend Sept. 26-28.

  • Weekly Recap: Double demo days, Uber in DSM, KC gov’t site wins award

    Weekly Recap: Double demo days, Uber in DSM, KC gov’t site wins award

    Every Monday Silicon Prairie News’ editorial team will share some of the interesting regional content we’ve read as well as SPN’s most-read stories over the last week…

  • Everything you need to know about the four IA Startup Weekends this fall

    At this point, Startup Weekends are fairly common occurrences across entrepreneurial communities. But it’s not often that four Startup Weekends are organized within a few weeks of each other in the same state. Starting on Sept. 5, there will be four Startup Weekends hosted across Iowa—Sioux City, Iowa City, Des Moines and Cedar Falls—in the…

  • Hip Pocket’s web app helps Union Bank & Trust talk with customers

    In the past 25 years, walk-in traffic at banks has dropped 90 percent. And with that decline, so has the opportunity to talk with customers.

  • Two Kauffman-backed programs join forces to create UP Global

    Startup Weekend and the Startup America Partnership—both supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation—today announced they will start up a joint organization, UP Global, a “full-spectrum support service” intended to take entrepreneurs from pre-idea through high-growth …

  • Northwest Iowa town to host Startup Weekend in June

    Sara Magnussen has been working remotely for Seattle-based Startup Weekend’s community support team for almost two years. Traveling from her home …

  • Why corporations should care about startups and entrepreneurs

    As a large corporation participating in the startup space, one of Sprint’s core objectives is to help cultivate an entrepreneurial community in Kansas City. If you are like me, you are still learning exactly what that means. Clearly there are benefits to engaging in this space, but what are those benefits? Why should corporations care…

  • First Startup Weekend Ames is April 12-14

    Now Ames, Iowa entrepreneurs, developers, designers and tech enthusiasts have the opportunity to participate in the “global grassroots movement” …