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First Startup Weekend UNL kicks off Friday, tickets still remain
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln student-led entrepreneurship organization HIVE is hosting the school’s first Startup Weekend this Friday-Sunday. After participation in “some of the best” Startup Weekend events …
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Feast on a cornucopia of video from Startup Weekend Kansas City
We’re hard-pressed to think of a Startup Weekend anywhere in the region that’s been documented as thoroughly with video as last weekend’s Startup Weekend Kansas City. And although we can’t claim credit for the video work — that credit belongs to SWKC’s organizers, the in-house video gurus at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Shane…
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Startup Battle voting begins today, includes Des Moines and KC teams
GlamSnap and Wazoo both earned acclaim on a local level over the weekend, winning Startup Weekend Des Moines and Startup Weekend Kansas City, respectively. Now the Silicon Prairie’s two newest Startup Weekend winners are taking their act to a global …
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Zoo app Wazoo takes top prize at Startup Weekend Kansas City
Without proper planning or the right tools, a day at the zoo can become, well, a zoo. Long walks, overlooked attractions and missed events can leave a patron full of frustration. Just ask Kelly Tomlinson. Tomlinson, a Kansas City-based UI designer, recently listened to her roommate complain of all those issues upon returning from a…
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Watch the final pitches from Startup Weekend KC live at 4:45 p.m.
The sixth Startup Weekend Kansas City wraps up this evening with a closing pitch session that begins at about 4:45 …
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Meet the 17 teams of Startup Weekend Kansas City
Seventeen teams are in the final stretch of Startup Weekend Kansas City, working toward the event’s closing pitch session, which begins this afternoon at about 4:45 at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. This is the sixth Kansas City rendition of Startup Weekend, an event held all over the world that’s designed to give participants the…
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Scope the 10 teams of Startup Weekend Des Moines
Startup Weekend Des Moines competitors crossed the halfway point today in the sprint to build out an idea in less than 48 hours. Around 60 individuals formed 10 teams Friday evening at StartupCity Des Moines. Those teams have until 5 p.m. Sunday to complete their work, at which time the final pitches begin and a…
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Tune in tonight at 7 for the opening of Startup Weekend Kansas City
Global Entpreneurship Week activities in Kansas City wrap up this weekend with Startup Weekend Kansas City, which runs tonight through Sunday at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (4801 Rockhill Road). For those who can’t make it to the Kauffman Foundation tonight, event organizers are providing a live stream of the evening’s events, beginning at 7…
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Des Moines to host Startup Weekend Nov. 16-18
Iowa’s capital city will host its second Startup Weekend of 2012 Nov. 16-18. Startup Weekend Des Moines, a weekend-long education in launching a high-growth business, will take place once again at StartupCity Des Moines (317 6th Ave.). During the event, teams devote a weekend to building the foundation of a business. It begins Friday evening…
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Kansas City to host sixth Startup Weekend event Nov. 16-18
The return of Startup Weekend Kansas City is less than a month away. Kansas City’s sixth Startup Weekend event will take place Nov. 16-18 at the Ewing Kauffman Foundation (4801 Rockhill Road), providing participants the experience of launching a business over the course of one weekend. As at other Startup Weekend events, things in Kansas…