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Two Kauffman-backed programs join forces to create UP Global
Startup Weekend and the Startup America Partnership—both supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation—today announced they will start up a joint organization, UP Global, a “full-spectrum support service” intended to take entrepreneurs from pre-idea through high-growth …
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Startup Iowa, Nebraska leaders among Startup America group in D.C.
Individuals from Iowa and Nebraska’s startup communities are in Washington, D.C. today to participate in a private meeting with administration officials. Organized by the Startup America Partnership, the event is set to focus on the importance of fostering vibrant startup communities throughout the U.S. Iowa and Nebraska have joined nine other startup regions (states), including…
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Nebraska startup community is focus of Startup America events this week
“How do we take Nebraska’s startup community to the next level?” That’s the question two events this week in the Husker State will set out to answer. From 3-4 p.m. Wednesday, our own Jeff Slobotski is holding a gathering in Omaha with representatives from the Startup America Partnership team, including COO Kathleen Warner (left). The…
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Kauffman paper details new Startup America model, highlights Iowa
“If (Iowa) can do it, we can all do it,” Startup America Partnership CEO Scott Case says in a white paper released Thursday that examines the Startup American Partnership at the 18-month mark. The Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which provided funding for the Partnership’s launch in January 2011, published the paper, “The…
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Steve Case: “All great ideas start as weird ideas”
As the co-founder and former chief executive officer of AOL, the co-founder and CEO of investment firm Revolution and the chairman of the Startup America Partnership — to name just a few of his endeavors — Steve Case has a résumé that could make even the most serial of entrepreneurs blush. But when Case took…
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Startup America holding contest to send startups to DEMO Fall 2012
The Startup America Partnership and several of its “Startup Regions” — including Startup Iowa, Startup Kansas, Startup Missouri and Startup Nebraska — are sponsoring a video pitch contest to send eight startups to present at DEMO Fall 2012 Oct. 1-3 in Santa Clara, Calif. Submissions for the contest are due by 4 p.m. CDT on…
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What I learned in Boulder
This week Tej Dhawan, Andy Stoll, Amanda Styron, and I trekked from Iowa to Boulder Colorado for the Startup America Partnership Regional Leaders Summit to represent StartupIowa. Over the two days, the SUAP team and our peer regions (states) were relentless in sharing best practices and programs that they have developed to build their entrepreneurial…
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SPN catches up with Scott Case and the AgLocal team (Video)
Nevermind that he was busy participating in one panel and moderating another last month at South By Southwest Interactive in Austin, Texas. Jeff Slobotski, SPN’s co-founder and chief community officer, still found time to put on his reporter’s hat and go to work. In the midst of a whirlwind few days in Austin, he caught…
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Tej Dhawan reflects on the inaugural Iowa Startup Fair (Video)
As we reported in a story published Thursday, more than 400 people attended Iowa’s first Startup Fair, held Wednesday evening in six venues across the state. Designed to create valuable connections between the startup and broader business communities, the free event included exhibits from more than 100 …