Kansas City Startup Weekend

  • Watch the Startup Weekend Kansas City presentations live at 4 p.m.

    Watch presentations from Startup Weekend Kansas City’s 11 teams by tuning at 4 p.m. for a live look at the event. Judges for the event include University of Kansas director of entrepreneurship Wallace Meyer, AgLocal CEO Naithan Jones, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation entrepreneur-in-residence Diana Kander, Raiser Group president and CEO Adam Crane and Hallmark Cards…

  • Seventh Startup Weekend Kansas City yields 11 teams

    With the goal of creating a startup from scratch, Kansas City’s seventh Startup Weekend formed 11 teams Friday from a pool of 62 attendees at Rockhurst University’s Helzberg School of Management. Today, the teams will continue to work on their ideas and present to the panel of judges at 4:30 p.m. in the Science Center,…

  • The 12 teams of Startup Weekend KC (with links) and final day photos

    s the final pitches are set to get underway at 4 p.m., take a few minutes to check out the work of the teams and some pictures from the final day of Startup Weekend Kansas City. Live-streaming Pitches – Tune in for the final pitches at 4 p.m. by visiting our post “Startup Weekend KC…

  • Live from Cerner Innovations Campus, it’s Startup Weekend KC

    More than 100 entrepreneurs, designers, developers, marketers and business people have gathered on the southern edge of Kansas City for the fourth Startup Weekend Kansas City. Taking place at the Cerner Innovations Campus, a health care information technology company, this Startup Weekend carries a bit more pressure as it helps kick off …

  • Upcoming events: Startup Weekend KC, MVF with Pete Ricketts and more

    Here’s a rundown of upcoming events around the Prairie. Make sure to check out our events page weekly as we’re constantly adding new ones. Midlands Venture Forum Networking Dinner (Omaha) – April 22, 5:30-8 p.m. Featured Speaker: Pete Ricketts (left), founder of Drakon, LLC, an asset management company in Omaha. He previously served as a…