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Square co-founder Jim McKelvey stops in Columbia to talk LaunchCode
Square co-founder Jim McKelvey went on the road last week with a message to aspiring programmers: You don’t need a college degree to make a six-figure salary. Hackton, Columbia’s new community space for programmers, hosted McKelvey on Oct. 24, where he spoke to Silicon Prairie News and a crowd of more than 50 about his…
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adFreeq founder creates Hackton, a home for Columbia programmers
Hackton (pronounced Hack-tin) sounds like it could be the name of a town in your county, which is exactly what Peter Meng, founder and CEO of adFreeq, was going for when he launched the Columbia-based community space for programmers Sept. 20 …