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  • 1 Million Cups presenters now have chance to reach 3.5 million listeners

    Soon, you’ll be able to drink your 1 Million Cups over the radio. Starting July 9, presenters will be selected from the member cities’ weekly events across the country to compete on a new show, Dream Big America, during Doug Stephan’s nationally syndicated Good Day program. Three entrepreneurs …

  • You’ve read about robotics startup CandyCam, now see them in action

    Reading about startups is a pastime you obviously enjoy, but sometimes it’s worthwhile to see startups in living color. Kansas City Public Television (KCPT) began airing “Startups: Made in Kansas City” in April, and though not all of the companies fall under our coverage, we wanted to point out the segment with CandyCam, a multimedia…

  • Hatchlings team prepares for launch of second game, AlphaBrawl

    The Hatchlings team last November headed to Startup Weekend Des Moines as a team building exercise of sorts. The result of their 48 hours of work, originally called BattleType, won second place at the event. More than six months later, the team is preparing to launch its first iOS and Android app, now called AlphaBrawl.…

  • Kansas City Startup Village opens door for post-1 Million Cups meetings

    The Kansas City Startup Village (KCSV) wants to invite its neighbors over for dinner, er, meetings. Fresh off 1 Million Cups’ weekly Wednesday gatherings at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the KCSV has been sticking around for an hour-long discussion at 10:30 a.m. (left). Topics have been fairly limited to the Village’s challenges and initiatives,…

  • One Million Cups’ Nate Olson talks at TEDxCoMo, answers our questions

    One million of anything is a lot. About a year ago, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s Nate Olson set out to reach that many cups of coffee within the Kansas City startup community when he helped created 1 Million Cups (1MC), a weekly program that provides two startups the opportunity to present their companies to an…

  • KCPT to debut “Startups, Made in Kansas City” Thursday

    Kansas City Public Television continues to shine a light on startups. Following coverage of entrepreneurs and the growing startup community on “The Local Show” in February, the station is set to debut a new series Thursday: “Startups, Made in Kansas City.” Startups, small businesses …

  • Why corporations should care about startups and entrepreneurs

    As a large corporation participating in the startup space, one of Sprint’s core objectives is to help cultivate an entrepreneurial community in Kansas City. If you are like me, you are still learning exactly what that means. Clearly there are benefits to engaging in this space, but what are those benefits? Why should corporations care…

  • Startup Community Revolution: Caffeinating Communities

    (Guest post by Nate Olson) This morning was a whirlwind. At 11:00 a.m. CST I joined a Google Hangout with a coffee shop full of smiling entrepreneurs in Reno, Nev., who were launching their very first 1 Million Cups. As I saw the excitement in this room packed with 50 or so entrepreneurs, I was…

  • More servings of TechBrew, 1 Million Cups on tap in Iowa

    Starting this week, the Iowa tech community has two more opportunities to meet over a glass of beer of cup of coffee. Technology Association of Iowa’s regular informal gathering TechBrew kicks off Tuesday in Spencer, the fifth location of the three-year-old event. The following morning, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s weekly startup event 1 Million Cups…

  • Kauffman’s 1 Million Cups out to help startups grow with each cup of joe

    Sparking the growth of the Kansas City entrepreneurial community, one cup of coffee at a time, is the goal behind 1 Million Cups, a new education program from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. “The Kauffman Foundation’s entrepreneurship team developed 1 Million Cups as a way to engage Kansas City’s entrepreneurs on a weekly basis, educate…