Think Big Partners

  • Think Big gains corporate partners to help support entrepreneurs

    Think Big is partnering with several corporate sponsors to bring more services to the startups in its new incubator/accelerator/co-working space. H&R Block Small Business, Silicon Valley Bank, Polsinelli, Grasshopper, Robin and eBeam have signed on to provide services, products and support to early stage companies and entrepreneurs.

  • Join Think Big and SPN this Thursday, Friday for KC Co-llide Day

    Think Big Coworking is opening its doors to everyone this Thursday and Friday for KC Co-llide Day and SPN will have a part in it. From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day the goal will be to get as much of the KC entrepreneur community together in one place as possible.

  • Think Big Partners will move a block away, add capacity this fall

    Think Big Partners announced today on their blog that the group will be moving their operations this fall. Granted, it’s only a block away…

  • Sarah Snyder named partner at Think Big, will head up partnerships

    Think Big Partners on Tuesday announced Sarah Snyder as the newest partner at the company, which produces events and hosts an accelerator and co-working space. She started in 2010 as a volunteer and then come on full time first as an event planner, and has also managed the co-working space the last few years. In…

  • Prairie Portrait: Emily Leeper of Think Big Partners

    Celebrity doppelgänger: During the 2008 Summer Olympics people would think I was Shawn Johnson, especially since I was attending Iowa State at the time and she was from Des Moines…

  • Think Big director creates Super Bowl getaway for BBBS auction tonight

    Blake Miller, program director for the Think Big Accelerator, will take to the runway tonight as one of the “Sexiest Singles” for Big Brothers Big Sisters annual charity auction. To make the most impact, he could use the community’s support in the way of donations on his profile page and people coming to bid on…

  • KC-based Phone2Action makes the move to Washington D.C.

    Washington D.C. called, and Phone2Action answered. The startup’s been camped out in Kansas City at Think Big Partners’ accelerator since last September, but has decided to make the move as so much of its business resides there. Phone2Action’s toolbox of mobile advocacy engagement helps connect political candidates, advocacy groups, interest groups, trade associations and others…

  • Think Big Partners sets accelerator’s first demo day for August 28

    Kansas City’s Think Big Partners has its lineup of startups set. Now it’s just a matter of lining up investors. The accelerator and incubator will host its first demo day Wednesday, August 28 for companies in its accelerator program, along with several other Silicon Prairie startups…

  • Google Glass in tow, Kansas City group prepares for “Tech Trek”

    Chris Shaw, Think Big Partners entrepreneur in residence, and his fellow Tech Trekkers no longer have to ask, “Are we there yet?” Shaw’s Google Glass hardware has arrived and dates have been set for the cross-country documentary of startup hubs, funded through Kickstarter. …

  • Think Big’s Prochnow shares Seinfeld for Startups lessons, yada yada yada

    Amid the daily airing of grievances and feats of strength entrepreneurs experience, most share a desire to learn. Often, it’s from the usual suspects: books, incubators, seminars, mentors and friends. Tyler Prochnow, senior partner at Think Big Partners, has found another source of inspiration: Seinfeld. “For years, I’ve driven my wife crazy claiming that nearly…