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Midwest StartupBus nears its destination, could use your help
About 20 entrepreneurial strangers are in the midst of a three-day bus trek that quickly makes everyone friends. The group pulled out of Kansas City early Sunday morning as one of seven buses from different regions participating in StartupBus North America, a competition focused on quickly building companies—think Startup Weekend on wheels—from just an idea…
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All aboard: StartupBus departs KC March 2 for 72 hours of hacking
What began as a joke, a whimsical notion—”What if we got on a bus to SXSW and just hacked?”—has now become a five-year tradition. With eight buses leaving from all corners of North America in early March, StartupBus has become much more than a transportation method. “Really the idea is taking this creation process of building a…
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SXSnippets: Building a business on a bus
Day 3 of StartupBus was a lesson in endurance. Many of us started the morning after logging just slightly more than four hours of sleep for the week. We gathered our gear and loaded the bus for our final leg into San Antonio/Austin. Today would be the day that the world would get to know…
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StartupBus is back, Silicon Prairie vying to get on board
Like Startup Weekend? Then you might want to jump on board StartupBus. It’s a similar competition but much, much faster — like, 60 mph faster. For the third year, StartupBus is holding its extreme startup competition …