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HelloHive regulates your home’s temps so you don’t wake up frozen
KANSAS CITY—On a chilly winter morning, it’s easy to understand the appeal of smart home technology. If the heat from the living room isn’t making it to your frosty bedroom, shouldn’t your home be able to automatically open vents and reroute the airflow? At least that’s the hope of Startup Weekend Kansas City winner Hello…
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Tune in to Startup Weekend Kansas City’s final pitches
The ninth Startup Weekend Kansas City wraps up this evening with a closing pitch session that begins at about 4 p.m. at the Center for Advanced Professional Studies in Overland Park, Kan.
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Startup Weekend KC returns June 13 with focus on women entrepreneurs
Next weekend, Kansas City will host its ninth Startup Weekend, this time with a focus on bringing more women in entrepreneurship. While the event is open to everyone, this iteration of Startup Weekend Kansas City will be about promoting gender diversity in tech and entrepreneurship. The 54-hour event begins 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 13 through 9 p.m.…
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Voting for Startup Weekend’s Global Startup Battle is now live
A number of Silicon Prairie teams are getting ready to rumble as voting for the Global Startup Battle is officially up and running as the teams prepare to go head-to-head in the worldwide competition. The tied winners of Startup Weekend Des Moines—BeardOrNot.co and Brickit—as well as Startup Weekend Kansas City’s winner Pijjin will compete with…
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Social game Pijjin flies away with Startup Weekend Kansas City win
The eighth Startup Weekend Kansas City was anything but “for the birds.” On the contrary, an avian endeavor took top marks at the weekend-long event. A social game called Pijjin—where players help lost “pijjins” find their way home—took first place after the competition’s final presentations on Sunday Nov. 17 at Kansas City Community College …
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Tune in to Startup Weekend Kansas City live at 4 p.m.
Watch what thirteen teams have made during Startup Weekend Kansas City this afternoon at 4 p.m. by joining in for the …
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Thirteen teams come together during Startup Weekend Kansas City
The eighth Startup Weekend Kansas City is underway—this time on the Kansas side of the line—with final presentations starting at 4 p.m. today; thirteen teams formed from 36 original presentations…
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Des Moines, Kansas City Startup Weekends scheduled for Nov. 15 to 17
With the fourth-annual Global Startup Battle just around the corner, two Silicon Prairie communities—Des Moines and Kansas City—have announced Startup Weekends to be held from Nov. 15 to 17. Entrepreneurs from more than 200 Startup Weekends around the world will …
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Digital scrapbooking app LittleHootz wins Startup Weekend Kansas City
Lacey Ellis has been solving problems her entire professional career. Problem is, it’s always been for someone else. She helped build campaigns for clients like Commerce Bank, MetLife and Hostess as an art director and freelancer at ad agencies the past ten years. When a problem she faced as a mother wouldn’t leave her head,…
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Kansas City’s seventh Startup Weekend starts April 12
Startup Weekend lands in Kansas City for its seventh round April 12-14. Two-hundred cities around the world …