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Author, entrepreneur Diana Kander to speak in Lincoln on Nov. 19
New York Times bestselling author Diana Kander will be in Lincoln Nov. 19 to give a talk about how writing a book is like starting a startup. The Spark Series talk is Wed. Nov. 19 at 9:00 at Catalyst, 350 Canopy St., Suite 130. It appears the talk is full, but a wait list has…
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10 people to grab coffee with if you’re new to KC’s startup community
While the Silicon Prairie may span across several states, include vastly different types of companies and entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds (and football rivalries), supportive communities are one factor that tie them all together. Whether you’re in Omaha or Des Moines, Kansas City or Cedar Rapids, you’ll find people who really care about helping their fellow…
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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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Diana Kander’s “All In Startup” hits the NY Times, WSJ best seller lists
On June 24, Diana Kander’s novel “All In Startup” finally hit shelves and to say its reception was warm seems to be an understatement. Among a number of other lists, Kander’s book was named to this week’s New York Times best seller list, in the nonfiction category of “Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous.” The book also…
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Kander: Startups fail because they lack customers, not funding
Speaking before a crowd of more than 600 businessmen and women at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Development Breakfast Wednesday morning, Diana Kander, senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, urged entrepreneurs to ditch the traditional business plan and adopt a more customer-based approach.
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Diana Kander’s novel, “All In Startup,” helps startups find their way
Diana Kander sees it time and time again, and it’s painful. The senior fellow at the Kauffman Foundation mentors a lot of early-stage companies through her work with the Foundation and the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Bloch School and E Scholars program. Each startup kept getting stuck in the same spot: they didn’t know how…
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Kauffman’s Kander tells founders to let their startup baby grow
These days, Diana Kander has babies on the brain. And quite understandably so—the senior fellow at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is six months pregnant. So naturally when she took the stage at Big Omaha on Friday morning, Kander spoke about how “toddlers and startups actually have an amazing amount of things in common.” Both…
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Digital scrapbooking app LittleHootz wins Startup Weekend Kansas City
Lacey Ellis has been solving problems her entire professional career. Problem is, it’s always been for someone else. She helped build campaigns for clients like Commerce Bank, MetLife and Hostess as an art director and freelancer at ad agencies the past ten years. When a problem she faced as a mother wouldn’t leave her head,…
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Legal Sonar uses social networks to help attorneys, clients find right fit
During her time practicing law and in the years since, Diana Kander has come to believe that almost no amount of …