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Sticker Story Book rules the pitch at second annual Hack the Midwest
A children’s iPad app came out on top at the second annual Hack the Midwest last weekend after ideas were kicked around for 24 hours and pitched just off the pitch at Sporting Park’s Boulevard Members Club in Kansas City, Kan. About 150 developers and designers formed teams Saturday to present 30 apps in front…
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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…
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KCITP to host new conference, Compute Midwest, Nov. 8-11
Apparently hacking the Midwest proved so successful for Kansas City IT Professionals that the organization is now endeavoring to “compute” the same region. KCITP, a grassroots Kansas City tech group founded in 2008 by Michael Gelphman, announced on Friday that it will host a new conference and hackathon, called Compute Midwest, from Nov. 8-11 in…
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Days after launch, hackathon app Qup gets GigaOm story, 350 users
The winner of the inaugural Hack the Midwest event is already showing that 24 hours can deliver a product that not only works, but also one that’s polished enough one to gain press and users. “The response has been phenomenal,” said Michael Bleigh (left), who built Qup (pronounced “queue up”), an app that sends email…
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Netflix app nabs top prize after 24 busy hours at first Hack the Midwest
If you were to guess the location of some Kansas City and the Midwest’s best developers and designers over the weekend, a golf course may not be your first choice, unless you knew about Hack The Midwest. Saturday morning nearly 100 hackers filed into the clubhouse of the Heartland Golf Club and set up shop…
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Events: Lunch and Learn, Wordcamp KC, Hack the Midwest and more
Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings 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…
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KCITP hosting inaugural Hack the Midwest code-fest June 2-3
Kansas City IT Professionals is inviting developers and designers …