May 21, 2012 by Royce Haynes
Kansas City Lantern launched today with the aim of helping users find things around them that they couldn't find before — namely, deals. Lantern, which is now live in Google Play, has a unique spin on how merchants divvy out coupons and how Lantern users can cash those coupons in for huge savings. Unlike many daily … read more
May 18, 2012 by Royce Haynes
Kansas City Thad Langford, the former CEO of Zave Networks and current entrepreneur in residence at OpenAir Equity Partners, spoke on Tuesday at the Technology Entrepreneur Speaker Program (Tech ESP). Tech ESP is a speaker series held in Kansas City that aims to highlight Silicon Prairie entrepreneurs, their stories and their successes. Langford (left) talked about experiences, lessons learned and the issues and challenges that led to Google's acquisition of Zave Networks in 2011. After Zave Networks was acquired, Langford joined OpenAir Equity Partners, a venture capital firm focusing on the mobile and wireless … read more
May 11, 2012 by Royce Haynes
Omaha From quirky facial expressions to cheerful smiles, photos captured in the Big Omaha photo booth showcase friends, colleagues and cities that make up the Big Omaha community. Thanks to the work of Malone & Company, the photos have been posted online, but we've picked out a few here to give you a flavor of this year's wackiness. If you've missed making an appearance in one of the photos so far, make sure either jump in the booth at KANEKO … read more
April 26, 2012 by Royce Haynes
Kansas City Managing content for a business can be stressful and time intensive for companies without a plan and a simple process. Take, for example, a company selling a software product. There's product information in press releases, on the website, in the web API, in a flyer, in the user documentation and in the customer support materials. The content created is the sum of information from engineers … read more
March 23, 2012 by Royce Haynes
Overland Park Kansas City Information Technology Professoinals (KCITP) on Wednesday hosted InfoSec Night, an event to highlight information security and its role in consumer electronics. Staged at the Regneir Center on the campus of Johnson County Community College, the event featured a keynote delivered by Symantec CEO Enrique Salem. A hackathon-style session followed Salem's address, and networking among the more than 250 information … read more
February 8, 2012 by Royce Haynes
Prairie Village KC Cowork, a new coworking space located at 3500 West 75th Street in Prairie Village, Kan. is hosting a happy hour tonight at 5 for entrepreneurs, investors, consultants and freelancers. Opened in 2011 by Five Elms Capital and Think Big Partners, KC Cowork is an office space with the goal of bringing talented people together to learn from each other's experiences. Legal Sonar, a Kansas-based startup, offices in and manages KC Cowork … read more
December 16, 2011 by Royce Haynes
Kansas City If you're familiar with Amazon's Wish List feature, which allows users to add practically any merchandise to their wish list from any website, LivThis built a similar software plugin that aims to provide online shoppers an alternative option for collecting online items all in one place. Kansas City native and LivThis founder Ryan Bennett moved back home after a stint in Silicon Valley to pursue LivThis even stronger … read more
November 10, 2011 by Royce Haynes
Kansas City The Kansas City Area Development Council (KCADC) had its annual luncheon, Fast KC, last Friday and shared progress on regional commerce and plans for the future of Kansas City region. The progress report indicated Kansas City has fostered significant job creation, with the expansion of companies like Cerner boosting the regional economy. Bill Taylor, co-founder of Fast Company and recent author of Practically Radical, was Fast KC's keynote speaker. Taylor delivered a talk about innovation and leadership in business. The speech centered around … read more
October 24, 2011 by Royce Haynes
Des Moines Thinc Iowa's afternoon session Friday began with Ben Milne, who is (or should be) a known name to Silicon Prairie News readers. Milne is the CEO and co-founder of Dwolla. He started the company based on a problem he had with his previous startup: high interchange fees. With an understanding of interchange fees, a term used in the banking industry to describe fees paid between banks, Milne wanted to change how payments are made … read more
October 21, 2011 by Royce Haynes
Des Moines Andy Murray, the founder and chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi X, kicked off Thinc Iowa as the first speaker today at the Temple for Performing Arts in Des Moines. Murray discussed the common challenges that both corporations and startups share and focused the rest of his talk on the five themes that make entrepreneurship in corporations and startups creative. Five T.I. Takeaways … read more
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