September 28, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City Ruby Midwest is returning to Kansas City Nov. 4-5, and time is running short for purchasing general admission tickets for the conference. The single-track conference will feature two days of talks, including day-end keynotes from "Uncle" Bob Martin, a … read more
September 28, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City OneLouder, a Kansas City-based developer of social applications for mobile devices, on Monday announced the launch of ChannelCaster for Android smartphones and tablets. ChannelCaster is an aggregator that enables users to create and broadcast their own "channels" by combining news and entertainment from thousands of sources like Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, news websites and blogs. It's available … read more
September 27, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Des Moines The Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) today announced the presenters for Pitch & Grow 5, which will take place from 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday at the Des Moines Social Club (400 Walnut St.). Entrepreneurs from the following companies are scheduled to pitch. Appcore (Des Moines) - A company providing global cloud computing … read more
September 27, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City It's commonplace to hear stories of startups born out of corporations. But tech companies spun off from soccer clubs? That's the story behind a brand-new company in Kansas City, Kan. The Kansas City Business Journal reports that Sporting Kansas City, Kansas City's Major league Soccer franchise, today is launching a company called Sporting Innovations, which will provide services and software for the sports entertainment industry. … read more
September 27, 2011 by Danny Schreiber & Michael Stacy
Kansas City In partnership with Kansas City-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Seattle-based Startup Weekend today launched the … read more
September 26, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Lincoln Anymore, Hudl's ubiquity with high school football teams seems to rival that of marching bands and homecoming courts. All right, that might be a bit of an exaggeration. But with a stable of clients that includes more than 6,000 high school football teams, Hudl, a web-based video and analysis tool for sports coaches, is the No. 1 player in the high school football space. … read more
September 26, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Kansas City With the deadline for its first regional class less than a month away, Kansas-based entrepreneurial immersion program Pipeline is providing potential applicants an opportunity to learn a little more about what it offers to entrepreneurs. Pipeline will host an informational networking reception from 4-6 p.m. Friday at the Kauffman Laboratories for Enterprise Creation at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (4801 Rockhill Rd.) Pipeline has billed the event … read more
September 25, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Michael Arrington and Mark Zuckerberg are a couple of guys who have made the headlines a little bit lately, no? Arrington, of course, was recently deposed as editor of TechCrunch in an exit that caused quite the stir. And Zuckerberg’s never far from the limelight, but he was an especially hot topic this week thanks to his keynote at Facebook's f8 conference and the new features unveiled there. So, now seems as good a time as any to post a Sunday Video … read more
September 23, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha With the trio of typical Weekly Wrap-Up hosts — Jeff, Dusty and Danny — scattered to the four winds — or Chicago, Lincoln and Boston, respectively — today, Brittany and I were left to tackle WWU episode No. 107. And since Facebook made such a splash with its f8 announcements on Thursday, we decided to one-up the world's foremost social network with "SPN f9" on Friday. What exactly does that mean, you ask? … read more
September 23, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Judges have whittled the list of companies competing in the John Pappajohn Iowa Business Plan Competition down to three finalists. M&S FlowMatics, Radiology Protocols and VSI Aerospace are the final companies in the mix for prizes of $25,000 (first place), $15,000 (second) and $10,000 (third) as part of the competition … read more
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