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Unify the Prairie: Omaha’s YOTS visits KC’s Hacker House [Video]
Omaha-based Year of the Startup recently took a weekend road trip down to Kansas City to introduce themselves to the current residents of the Kansas City Startup Village Homes for Hackers. SPN sent Aaron Kessler of Candlefire Films to capture their experience. In the video Sabastian Hunt, founder of Year of the Startup, explains his vision…
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The Kansas City Startup Village permit issue: explained
Two weeks ago, a small army of Kansas City entrepreneurs descended on the Planning Commission meeting in Kansas City, Kansas. Here’s why. Entrepreneurs are not known for their patience, and a room full of them listening through appeals on sign location was a strange sight. Their sudden interest in the zoning laws, however, was the…
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KCSV announces new co-working space, Village Square
KANSAS CITY—Beginning early next year, when you stop by the Kansas City Startup Village you’ll have the option to work become a Villager yourself, at least temporarily. Village Square, a new co-working and community space, will be opening in the heart of KCSV with desks available by the first of the year.
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KCSV receives $40K from Sprint Foundation, NetWork Kansas
Kansas City Startup Village will get $40,000 in financial support from local organizations, the group announced Monday. In December, the Sprint Foundation pledged a $20,000 donation, with matching funds from NetWork Kansas, to KCSV.
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KCSV helps send 14 KU students on networking trip to Seattle
Last fall, the Kansas City Startup Village’s inaugural MECA Innovation Challenge tasked high school and college students with creating tech solutions for area startups. Now the event is helping even more students toward entrepreneurial success. With funds from MECA, ISAK—Information Systems Association of KU—is able to send 14 students on a two-day networking trip to…
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Kansas tax credit program to benefit KCSV entrepreneurs ends Dec. 27
Just in time for the holidays, the Kansas City Startup Village is hoping to raise some money to help the city’s current and future entrepreneurs before the tax credit window closes Dec. 27…
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KCSV asks for help making its neighborhood’s sidewalks safer
Kansas City Startup Village has spent a little more than a year building a community that provides density, mentorship and resources for entrepreneurs. Now the group is taking a close look at where it walks. Along with the rest of the Spring Valley neighborhood off of State Line Road, KCSV is hoping to gather support…
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Snapshots of reddit co-founder’s tour stops through the Silicon Prairie
Last week reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian made his way through the Silicon Prairie—stopping first in Lincoln, then heading south to Kansas City to speak at Compute Midwest. But this is by no means the first time Ohanian has visited the Prairie. Last fall the Internet 2012 Bus Tour made four stops across the …
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Former Kauffman fellow opens KCSV house to international entrepreneurs
Jonathan Ortmans wants to import international ideas into Kansas City and hopes Kansas City’s flavor makes it around the world. The president of Global Entrepreneurship Week recently bought a house in the Kansas City Startup Village to let international entrepreneurs absorb all the community’s happenings. First up in the GEW Startup House will be the…
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KCK mayor proclaims October 5 Kansas City Startup Village Day
Just in time for Kansas City Startup Village’s first birthday, Kansas City, Kan., mayor Mark Holland added another accolade to its list of accomplishments. In an official proclamation, Holland named Oct. 5 Kansas City Startup Village Day. In its first year, KCSV …