March 22, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Kansas City Hackathons typically attempt to build something within 24 hours. That concept inspired a small group to build a new partnership in Kansas City. Brand Lab is a one-day event that attempts to create a new local brand—design, packaging, marketing, website—by pairing local talent with local businesses. Participants will get to work on a case study and compete for cash and prizes. The new series kicks off … read more
March 22, 2013 by Guest Contributor
Kansas City This weekend, about 100 hackers, developers and visionaries will gather in the City of Fountains for Hacking the Gigabit City, an event aimed at creating and developing the advanced uses for the ultra-high-speed connectivity that Google Fiber is bringing to Kansas City. Our local organizations—the Kauffman Foundation and KC Digital Drive—have partnered with the national resources of Mozilla Foundation and US Ignite to kick off the event, which works to create advanced "use cases" for the homes in Kansas City that will have gigabit connection speeds. While there are many gigabit … read more
March 21, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Kansas City Coworking has found a home outside Kasas City's typical hotbeds of downtown and the Crossroads district. Melissa Saubers opened Cowork Waldo February 1 at Wornall Road and 75th Street to fill the need for office and conference space for people living in Waldo, Brookside and the surrounding areas. She also did it out of frustration with her own situation. "As I started to bring others on to expand my marketing communications business it was difficult working out of my home," … read more
March 20, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Kansas City Innovation Cafe will take its coworking office space and existing members downtown April 1 to 111 W. 10th Street after about two years in the Crossroads. The 13,000 square feet of usable space is a large step up from the previous location's 5,500 square feet, which is the biggest reason behind the move, Innovation Cafe co-founder David Teeman … read more
March 20, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Kansas City If you've ever watched a football game on TV, you may have noticed the over-the-field shots—the ones that look as if the camera is flying above the play. Those angles aren't coming from the sidelines or stands. To get those shots, the camera has been suspended in air by Kevlar wire. Now, imagine putting that capability in the hands of an amateur videographer and bringing it indoors. With the assistance of a 3D printer, an iPad and high-grade … read more
Kansas City Slate's Farhad Manjoo visited Kansas City in January to explore Google Fiber's capabilities and came away resigned, not knowing how to take advantage of the gigabit speeds. He toured the Google Fiber Space and talked with two entrepreneurs in Homes for Hackers … read more
March 19, 2013 by Brittany Mascio
Kansas City Part of what makes Big Kansas City more than your average conference is the comprehensive experience that it will provide March 26-28. During the daytime, you'll engage with the stories, advice and tactical lessons from our talented and eclectic mix of startup founders, designers and leaders on stage. However, when we leave Hangar 9, one of the most valuable parts of our event occurs with the personal one-on-one interactions at our parties. These casual and fun environments allow our attendees and speakers … read more
March 18, 2013 by Fred Bauters
Kansas City When Microsoft's Azure cloud platform went down in late February because of an expired SSL certificate, Kansas City, Mo. startup Stackify jumped at the opportunity to create a free solution for everyone, including itself. Stackify, which uses Azure, learned of the platform's crash on a Friday and later that day … read more
March 16, 2013 by Guest Contributor
Kansas City As I write this, I am sitting on a bus with about 25 entrepreneurs from around the Midwest. We took a busload of tech entrepreneurs to the annual South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) festival in Austin, Texas. Long known as a great place to launch ventures and build buzz for your startup, we thought it was important for the emerging tech scene in the Silicon Prairie to be well-represented at "South by." So, we rented a bus (courtesy of the Kauffman … read more
March 15, 2013 by Brittany Mascio
Kansas City We're less than two weeks away from our inaugural Big Kansas City, and today we're making the conference more of a reality. We've put together the comprehenisive outline of what you'll experience during two and a half days jam-packed with inspirational speakers, valuable relationship-building opportunities and top-notch parties. Below you can view the full March 26-28 event schedule, complete with everything … read more
Through August 22, help us decide the winners of our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards, which will recognize 12
companies and individuals. You can vote once per day per category.
Winners will be announced live on stage at
our August 30 event.