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November 2012

  • Gentry Underwood takes a designer’s approach to startup problems (Video)

    With the ascent of Apple, the notion that an emphasis on design can drive business success has become more commonplace in recent years, Gentry Underwood says. But Underwood, the co-founder and CEO of Orchestra, doesn’t need to look toward Cupertino to see the impact that a design-centric approach can have on a company. After all,…

  • Contest offering students design, development instruction ends Friday

    Silicon Prairie students and recent graduates interested in learning to design and develop will have an opportunity through Friday to qualify for two years of free online instruction in those disciplines. Treehouse, a company that provides a series of web-based videos and quizzes to help people learn how to design and develop for the web…

  • SocialVolt seeks to help companies avoid social media mishaps

    In just three years, an idea for a social media management tool has morphed into a company that helps businesses monitor and manage the risks of social media accounts. Overland Park, Kan.-based SocialVolt now has more than 300 clients, most which are businesses within regulated industries, such as financial firms. “Our job is to help…

  • 24 startups to pitch Monday at Startup@Kauffman Demo Day

    The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has announced a lineup of 24 startups slated to present Monday at the second Startup@Kauffman Demo Day, an event that will serve as the official opener for Global Entrepreneurship Week in Kansas City. It will be the second such event hosted this year by the Kauffman Foundation, following a Demo…

  • From hustle to hiring, Ryan Graves discusses keys to scaling Uber (Video)

    Ryan Graves can trace his career at Uber back to one tweet. Well, one tweet and a whole lot of hustle. Graves, Uber’s Global GM and VP of Operations, spoke Oct. 11 at Thinc Iowa 2012 about helping build Uber, the San Francisco-based startup that provides on-demand car service through a mobile app, and he…

  • With Digital Drive, KC leadership continues push to make most of Fiber

    The Mid-America Regional Council on Thursday announced the formation of KC Digital Drive, the latest iteration on a plan by civic leadership from both sides of the …

  • Prairie Portrait: Shane Adams of AMC Theatres

    Silicon Prairie News: What’s the latest and greatest on the interactive marketing front at AMC? | Shane Adams: For the last couple of years, I’ve been working pretty hard on a project to completely overhaul the AMCTheatres.com site. We started first with the architecture. All our developers are in-house, and we’re using an agile methodology,…

  • Zaarly Storefronts comes to KC, could signal revival for local operations

    Zaarly on Saturday rolled out the latest iteration of its online marketplace to users in Kansas City, the fourth city to receive the revamped version. The new approach, called Storefronts, deviates from Zaary’s original request model – “I’d pay blank for blank” – by putting the service providers who respond to the requests up front.…

  • Events: Immigrant Entrepreneurs Summit, Compute Midwest and more

    Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the goings-on of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it’s happening in the Silicon Prairie, you’ll find it here. For more, visit our events page for a calendar of upcoming events from us and others…

  • Weekly Startup Links: ‘Your Spouse is Your First Investor’ and more

    Every day I comb through my Google Reader reading sites like Hacker News and others, and star articles that are especially interesting about startups, entrepreneurship and miscellany.