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Kansas City Star looks at state of startups, focusing on three KC firms
A story in today’s Kansas City Star offers an interesting look at the state of tech startups in Kansas City through the lens of life working for three area firms — Five and Fifty, Front Flip and AudioAnywhere. (Left, article sreenshot from kansascity.com.) Five and Fifty, which we most recently reported on last month after…
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Wall Street Journal highlights Kansas City as up-and-coming IT hub
The information technology community along State Line Road got a nice tip of the hat today from a fairly prominent publication on Wall Street. A story in today’s Wall Street Journal on “Where the Action Is” highlighted Kansas City, with its burgeoning IT community, as one of seven up-and-coming industry hubs across the country. The…
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Zaarly hosts first happy hour in its Kansas City office (Photos)
Not too long ago, a Facebook event popped up for a Zaarly-hosted happy hour at their Kansas City office. Since I hadn’t yet had the chance to stop by, I thought this would be a great time to make a visit. When I arrived, I found complimentary beverages, snacks and plenty of people having a…
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Kansas City mayors form Innovation Team to capitalize on Google Fiber
Upload and download speeds, it appears, are far from the only things that will be accelerated by the arrival of Google’s Ultra-High Speed Network in Kansas City. The impending installation of the Google Fiber network has also helped jump-start a collaborative effort between city governments of both Kansas Citys. Sly James, the mayor of Kansas…
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Kansas City deals site Lucky Monkey joins the ‘Crowd’ with sale
One of Kansas City’s first players in daily deals websites is getting out of the game. As The Kansas City Business Journal reported on Tuesday, Lucky Monkey …
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Kansas City Library event to feature Boulevard founder John McDonald
John McDonald, the man who has helped the Boulevard Brewing Company become the toast of Kansas City — and beyond — will share insights about the growth of his business at an event Wednesday night. Kansas City Public Library Director Crosby Kemper III will …
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MindMixer adds Kansas City to growing fold with KC Momentum
MindMixer planning meetings probably don’t involve a map with big bull’s-eyes over the major hubs of the Silicon Prairie, but the Omaha-based startup, which creates and manages virtual town halls, continues to fuel its growth in part by keeping its home region in the crosshairs. Most recently, MindMixer began …
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Several Kansas City startups part of big second quarter for VC funding
According to data collected by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), the second quarter saw $7.5 billion in venture capital deals nationwide, the highest single-quarter total …
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Tour Kansas City’s newest coworking spot, Innovation Cafe, tonight
Two brothers and their uncle have teamed up to open Kansas City’s newest coworking space, Innovation cafe, in the former offices of an architecture firm in the city’s Crossroads Art District. “After searching Kansas City for office incubators we couldn’t find anything that could fit our needs,” co-founder Jason Teeman said an in email earlier…
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Greater Kansas City Chamber holding Innovation Conference on Thursday
We’re not quite sure how this one flew under our radar for so long, but if you’re in Kansas City with an open schedule on Thursday, the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce is holding its 2011 Innovation Conference at H&R Block World Headquarters. Advance registration for the event costs $100 for chamber members and…