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  • Startup Spaces: Inside Brad Feld’s FiberHouse with Handprint

    3D modeling startup Handprint has an untraditional story of how its team came to be located in Kansas City. After co-founder Mike Demarais spent time in Ben Barreth’s Homes for Hackers house, he decided to relocate to the Kansas City Startup Village (KCSV). Then when Handprint won Brad Feld’s KC FiberHouse competition, the rest of…

  • How Handprint landed in KC and won free rent in Feld’s Fiberhouse

    Handprint, a 3D printing software startup, recently put down roots in Brad Feld’s Fiberhouse in Kansas City Startup Village, but how did the four-person team land here and why did the Boulder, Colo.-based investor choose them? The team—Mike Demarais, Alexa Nguyen, Jack Franzen and Derek Caneja—initially met in Boston. Its presence in Kansas City began…

  • Brad Feld hands Fiberhouse keys to Handprint

    Brad Feld’s Fiberhouse is ready to make its mark in the Kansas City Startup Village, the neighborhood where Google Fiber was first installed. The Boulder, Colo., investor, entrepreneur and author announced today on his blog that 3D modeling startup Handprint has won his KC Fiberhouse competition. “Handprint is working on some amazing 3D printing and…