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Meet our eight-member Silicon Prairie Awards Selection Committee
As a community, you’ve done your part to tell us who you think should be crowned the winners of the 2014 Silicon Prairie Awards. But now it’s time to share who will make up the second part of our voting process. This year we’ve incorporated the votes of two judges from each section of our…
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Three of the Techstars co-founders to attend Sprint accelerator demo day
Last week Techstars co-founder David Cohen blogged about one of his impending trips—this time, to Kansas City. Cohen, along with fellow co-founders Brad Feld and David Brown, will attend the Demo Day for the 10 companies partaking in the inaugural class…
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10 teams land at the Sprint Accelerator powered by Techstars
Kansas City’s Crossroads District is about to become even more eclectic and bustling than usual. About six months after the initial announcement …
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Techstars names John Fein managing director for Sprint Accelerator
On Wednesday, Techstars announced John Fein as managing director of the Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator, powered by Techstars. David Cohen, managing partner and founder of Techstars, posted the news on the accelerator’s site, writing that Fein “has a wealth of experience managing large, cross-functional teams and has been involved in four different startups.” Fein served…
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Techstars, Sprint execs share why KC accelerator will get top talent to stay
Early this morning, Sprint announced its latest and largest entrepreneurial endeavor: Kansas City will be home to the Silicon Prairie’s first accelerator powered by Techstars …
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Sprint announces Kansas City accelerator powered by Techstars
Telecom giant Sprint this morning announced it is seeking early-stage mobile technologies companies from across the country for its Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator …
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David Cohen’s tips for startup community leaders (Video)
At the midway point of his keynote speech at the Silicon Prairie Awards on Aug. 30, TechStars founder and CEO David Cohen got the crowd inside the Joslyn Art Museum’s Witherspoon Concert Hall involved. “If you love it (in the Midwest) … stand up,” Cohen said. “If you don’t think you’re going to be (in…
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In awards keynote, Cohen calls for “better” Omaha, Des Moines, KC
David Cohen, the co-founder and CEO of TechStars, emphasized the importance of startup communities outside of Silicon Valley during his keynote speech Thursday night at the Silicon Prairie Awards. “All around the world,” Cohen said to the crowd at Omaha’s Joslyn Art Museum, “Silicon Valley is being challenged.” Cohen said TechStars, a …
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Hear TechStars founder David Cohen at the Silicon Prairie Awards event
We’re thrilled to announce David Cohen, the founder and CEO of TechStars, will be keynoting our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards event August 30 in Omaha. Cohen is someone we’ve followed for many years as he’s not only well-respected but extremely knowledgeable, possessing years of startup experience along with passion for building an entrepreneurial community. Cohen…
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Dundee VC participates in TechStars founder’s new $28m fund
Dundee Venture Capital, an Omaha-based firm founded by Hayneedle co-founder Mark Hasebroock, announced Thursday that it invested in TechStars founder David Cohen’s new $28 million fund, Bullet Time Ventures II, a fund independent of the Boulder, Colo.-based startup accelerator. “While we normally focus on specific companies,” Hasebroock said on Dundee VC’s blog, “as a TechStars…