Willis Jackson

  • KC dev consultancy Proof teaches startups how to write their own map

    It’s easy to have an idea, not too hard to get a startup going and not necessarily all that hard to build an MVP. It’s the last challenge, making something consumers want and will pay for, that separates the field. Turns out a lot goes into that; it’s not one step. A Kansas City startup…

  • Why our community needs Startup Spouses

    (This is a commentary by Willis Jackson.) When I first started out on my entrepreneurial journey, it was almost impossible to find people to talk to. I spent three to five hours a night combing through Google search results for three consecutive weeks because I was determined to get connected with people that could understand…

  • Prairie Moves: Clay Wiese, Mike Roeder, Kaimi and more

    With our inaugural Thinc Iowa in the books, our staff time is freed up for some serious content production. Take this Prairie Moves, for example, it’s two weeks worth of goodness – links to funding news, product announcements, media mentions and more. Each time I open my Google Reader to grab the latest headlines from…

  • PrairieCast with Willis Jackson (Video)

    Episode 48: The one were everything goes perfect – Our guest this week on PrairieCast was Willis Jackson, the other part of SPN’s contributer team in Kansas City. We talk with Willis about his new startup, ShownHome, his role as contributor Silicon Prairie Startup Digest, and the other current news out of the Kansas City…

  • PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Willis Jackson

    PrairieCast is live today at 2 p.m CDT for Episode 48. Our guest is Willis Jackson, a Silicon Prairie News contributor in Kansas City, the curator of the Silicon Prairie Startup Digest and an entrepreneur who recently left his “day job” to put a full time effort into a new startup, ShownHome. Our discussion topics…

  • Meet the KC Contributor Team: Haynes, Jackson & Shaw

    As you may have read earlier today, we launched the Silicon Prairie News – Kansas City edition, officially expanding our coverage and community building efforts to the Kansas City area. In this morning’s post, Jeff…