March 27, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Lincoln Roundscapes, a Lincoln technology startup and immersive media specialist, today announced it has relaunched as 42, a digital agency and software lab. As part of the relaunch, the company has closed a $1.5 million, multi-year round of ... read more
March 26, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City The second installment of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's Google Fiber Speaker Series did little to lower an awfully lofty bar set in the series' first session. John Wilbanks, who's a senior fellow in entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation and an expert on open content, open data and open innovation systems, delivered the second … read more
March 26, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Ames Four Iowa State University students who pitched their business ideas last week at a new pitch competition walked away with cash in their pockets and a stamp of approval for their concepts. The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Learning Community hosted its inaugural Innovation Pitch Competition on March 20. The competition was open to students from all disciplines on campus and drew 21 participants, ranging from freshmen through the graduate level. Participants gave a 90-second pitches and engaged a two-minute of question-and-answer … read more
March 23, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Prairie Village Silicon Prairie News: After working for larger companies like American Century and Cerner, what made you decide to take the startup plunge with Legal Sonar? | Jonathan Fisher: I'm honestly not sure yet. One thing is for sure, it was the craziest decision I've made with my life! Part of it was wanting to be on the leading edge of the information technology revolution, and another part was the pursing a dream. | SPN: A couple months into your tenure at Legal Sonar, what's the most noteworthy challenge that you've worked through and overcome? | JF: Well I had to purchase more pairs of jeans for one ... Somehow I was just able to flip the switch from order to chaos. A corporate environment has lots of structure, process and … read more
March 22, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Lincoln Hudl is hiring. Of course, it might be difficult for the guys and gals at the Lincoln-based startup to get through many applications when they're doing … so … much … dancing!!! Hudl, which makes web-based video and analysis tools for sports, reminded the world (read: prospective employees) that it knows how to have a good time (and isn't afraid to push the … read more
March 22, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park Ty Pennington won't be on hand to enthusiastically encourage any bus drivers to move their 'mobiles, but extreme makeovers are on tap this weekend in Overland Park, Kan. nonetheless. The fifth annual Coders 4 Charities weekend will take place Friday through Sunday at the New Horizons Computer Learning … read more
March 22, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Des Moines Point-of-sale systems are experiencing an earthquake of disruption, and Des Moines-based BitMethod wants to be in the midst of that tumult with bulldozers ready to knock down old, dated ways of managing an establishment. So said BitMethod CEO Dan Shipton in a blog post Monday announcing a "A Change … read more
March 21, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Menlo Park At a time of year when winter-weary travelers flock to sun-splashed beaches for spring break, 10 Midwestern startups are embarking on a coastal excursion of their own. But there won't be much of a "break" involved in this spring trip. Think Big Partners, the Kansas City … read more
March 21, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Ames What inspired you to start Resimplify? Derek Jensen: Designing is creating around reasoning, but the practice of web and app design has gained too much focus. In what I found as a problem when thinking about design lies my inspiration. I respected sites like A List Apart, Smashing Magazine and Six Revisions, but they all focus on web design. I wanted to focus on the core aspects of any design, which would be the concept or idea of advertising, identity and user experience. I was inspired by the ignorance of core design … read more
March 20, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City The parade of praise from high-profile publications continues for Sporting Kansas City, Livestrong Sporting Park and Sporting Innovations. Kansas City's Major League Soccer franchise and the team's high-tech home stadium and tech-centric spin-off all have received recognition recently in the national media, and it seems to stem in part from the … read more
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