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Former CEO of Google-acquired Zave to lead KC-area entrepreneur center
Less than two years ago, George Hansen helped put the Kansas City region on the tech map when Google acquired Zave Networks—where he was president and CEO—for an undisclosed sum. Now he’s hoping to do the same for a host of other high-growth companies. The Enterprise Center of Johnson County (ECJC), a nonprofit venture development…
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Six years in, Mid-America Angels continue regional funding mission
Creating one of the first organized angel investment groups in the Kansas City area was the motivation behind the founding of Mid-America Angels Investments (MAA), a program inside the Enterprise Center of Johnson County. Joel Wiggins, the co-founder and executive director of MAA, moved to the Kansas City area in 2005 from Austin, Texas, where…
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KC startup players react to proposed cut of Kansas angel tax credits
With Kansas’ angel investor tax credit on the chopping block, notable players in the Kansas City startup community are going to bat for the legislation. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (left) has proposed a 2013 budget that includes the elimination of the state’s angel investor tax …