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Sprint Accelerator unveiled in KC’s Crossroads District
Today Sprint opened the doors to the future home of its mobile health accelerator at 210 W. 19th Terrace in Kansas City’s Crossroads District. CEO Dan Hesse joined Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Sly James and Kevin McGinnis, vice president of development at Sprint, to discuss the space and what it means for the community…
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Techstars, Sprint execs share why KC accelerator will get top talent to stay
Early this morning, Sprint announced its latest and largest entrepreneurial endeavor: Kansas City will be home to the Silicon Prairie’s first accelerator powered by Techstars …
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Sprint announces Kansas City accelerator powered by Techstars
Telecom giant Sprint this morning announced it is seeking early-stage mobile technologies companies from across the country for its Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator …
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NextStep returns to Iowa after three-month run with Nike, TechStars
Fresh off a three-month stay in Portland for the TechStars Nike+ Accelerator and three demo days along the West Coast, John Schnipkoweit and the rest of his team are headed home to Iowa. But the five-person team that left Cedar Rapids as RecBob returns as NextStep.io, a Nike+ Fuel application that Schnipkoweit describes as a…
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RecBob takes NextStep, begins Nike+ demo day tour with new direction
When five individuals in April unloaded from a vehicle with Iowa plates in Portland, you would have probably recognized them as Cedar Rapids-based startup RecBob. But now the company, one of 10 in the Nike+ Accelerator powered by TechStars, has shifted gears to become NextStep.io. The startup, which previously provided a management …
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In awards keynote, Cohen calls for “better” Omaha, Des Moines, KC
David Cohen, the co-founder and CEO of TechStars, emphasized the importance of startup communities outside of Silicon Valley during his keynote speech Thursday night at the Silicon Prairie Awards. “All around the world,” Cohen said to the crowd at Omaha’s Joslyn Art Museum, “Silicon Valley is being challenged.” Cohen said TechStars, a …
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TechStars Patriot Boot Camp gives 75 vets a three-day accelerator
(Guest post by Terry Roberts.) When I first heard about TechStars hosting an abbreviated version of the 90-day accelerator program, I thought, “Sweet! Tell me more!” Then I saw that it was three days, it would be hosted at Georgetown University, and that it was geared specifically towards Veterans. That’s when I felt goose bumps.…
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Hollrback gets big win over Big Give Media in TechStars’ Startup Madness
Give Hollrback this: the Omaha-based startup seems to have a flair for the dramatic. For the second time in two rounds of TechStars’ Startup Madness tournament, Hollrback advanced with a win by an oh-so-slim margin. With the narrow victory, Hollrback advanced …
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Hollrback marches on in TechStars Startup Madness tournament
Thanks to a buzzer-beater in overtime — or the online polling equivalent thereof — Hollrback is moving on. The Omaha-based startup advanced to the third round of the Startup Madness Tournament, an NCAA tournament-style contest that started with…
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Hollrback moves forward in TechStars’ Startup Madness
Hollrback is one win away from the Sweet 16. Of sorts. The Omaha-based startup advanced yesterday to the second round of the Startup Madness Tournament, an NCAA tournament-style contest pitting 64 startups in competition for a grand prize worth more than $25,000. Startups advance through the…