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  • SPN Out & About: Pipeline’s Innovator of the Year in Kansas City

    When I first met Joni Cobb last April, it didn’t take long for me to discern that she was an extremely energetic CEO. In describing Pipeline, the entrepreneurship immersion program that had just received an $800,000 challenge grant …

  • Prairie Moves: Jeremy Harrington, 1Weather, MindMixer and more

    What is Prairie Moves? Published twice weekly, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email…

  • Pipeline welcomes Nebraska with happy hour, applications due Oct. 24

    The reopening of Interstate 29 between Kansas City and Omaha earlier this month came at a perfect time for Pipeline. Organizers, current participants and alumni of the Kansas-based entrepreneurial fellowship appear to have traveled the recently reopened roadway in droves late last week, turning out in good numbers Friday afternoon for a happy hour at…

  • Pipeline hosting happy hour Friday to mark Nebraska expansion

    Pipeline isn’t just coming to Nebraska; it’s holding a housewarming party, and the new neighbors are invited. Pipeline, a five-year-old, Kansas-based fellowship for innovative, high-growth entrepreneurs, is hosting a happy hour from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Friday at Urban Wine Company (1037 Jones St.). Pipeline CEO Joni Cobb and a smattering of current and past participants from…

  • Pipeline, Nebraska partners bring entrepreneurial fellowship to state

    Pipeline is coming to Nebraska, meaning entrepreneurs from the state now are eligible to apply for the entrepreneurial fellowship program’s first regional class. A group that includes Nebraska entrepreneurs, angel investors, technology leaders and the University of Nebraska system today announced it will help fund the regional expansion of Pipeline, a five-year-old, Kansas-based program for…

  • Apps giant Cloud Sherpas acquires Overland Park’s Beloit Solutions

    As Beloit Solutions Group sized up the challenge of scaling in recent months, the Overland Park, Kan.-based Google Apps partner came to a realization. “We were going to have some scale issues,” Beloit co-founder Tim Lockyear said by phone Wednesday, “and some gaps that were going to be a little difficult for us to compete…

  • PIPELINE alumni stepping up to help match Kauffman Foundation grant

    PIPELINE alumni continue to dig into their pockets to help fuel the future of entrepreneurship in the region. PIPELINE president and CEO Joni Cobb said Wednesday that past participants of the Kansas-based entrepreneurship program for innovative, high-growth entrepreneurs have have raised an additional $55,000 since presenting a check for $160,000 to PIPELINE in late April.…

  • Kauffman Foundation taps PIPELINE as recipient of $800,000 grant

    The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation on Thursday announced a matching “challenge” grant of up to $800,000 to initiate a regional expansion of PIPELINE …