February 15, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park Add NewME to the list of noteworthy accelerators helping AgLocal ramp up to full speed. Earlier this month, we … read more
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February 15, 2012 by Michael Stacy
February 7, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park During her time practicing law and in the years since, Diana Kander has come to believe that almost no amount of … read more
February 3, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park With South By Southwest Interactive and the fourth annual SXSW Accelerator on the horizon, a Silicon Prairie standard bearer has emerged. It was announced on Monday that AgLocal, a startup based in Overland Park, Kan., was chosen from more than 670 companies as one of the 48 that will participate in the Accelerator on March 12-13 in Austin, Texas. AgLocal will compete in the "Innovative Web Technologies" portion of the Accelerator. Co-founded by Naithan Jones and Jacob McDaniel, AgLocal is a … read more
February 2, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park Imagine you own a small business and a dissatisfied customer tweets about your company's service. Soon more people latch on to that negative nugget and pass it along via their social networks. For a business that isn't properly prepared, one thought can turn into a tide of negativity. But Rich Neal believes his company has just the tool to sniff out and snuff out those threats. Neal is the chief envisioneer, chief information officer and director of … read more
January 30, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park At its Innovator of The Year gala on Thursday, Pipeline , the Kansas-based immersion program for high-growth entrepreneurs, unveiled the 12 innovators of its 2012 class. Today, we take a closer look at those dozen entrepreneurs, who make up the largest class in Pipeline history and the first of the program's six classes to include innovators from outside of Kansas' borders. The bios below were provided by Pipeline. For more on Pipeline's Innovator of The Year event, see the links to our coverage and embedded video … read more
January 27, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park From interludes for performance art to an auction of high-dollar paintings and sculptures, Pipeline's Innovator of the Year (IOTY) celebration oozed artistic expression. But there was no tableau more telling nor sound more significant than the site of the dozen people that took center stage at night's end and the label Pipeline CEO Joni Cobb assigned to those 12: Pipeline's first regional class. Pipeline, the Kansas-based entrepreneurship immersion program … read more
January 27, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park As he embarked on his presentation, the last of 10 given Thursday at Pipeline's Innovator of The Year pitch session at the Overland Park (Kan.) Convention Center, Michael O'Shaughnessy cracked wise about the disparate nature of his company, a marketplace for selling transferable tax credits, and the company that had presented just … read more
January 26, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park When I first met Joni Cobb last April, it didn't take long for me to discern that she was an extremely energetic CEO. In describing Pipeline, the entrepreneurship immersion program that had just received an $800,000 challenge grant … read more
January 20, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park The recognition of Pipeline's top innovator of 2011, the official unveiling of the program's 2012 class of entrepreneurs, and an event organizers promise will be packed with pitches, entrepreneurs and expression is less than a week away. As we initially announced back in November, Pipeline, the Kansas-based entrepreneurial fellowship, will hold its marquee annual event, the Innovator of The Year (IOTY), on Thursday in Overland Park, Kan. The schedule starts at 9 a.m. and runs through the evening's IOTY ceremony, which begins at … read more
January 9, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park When it launched last year, Tech Orchard specialized in purchasing, refurbishing and reselling pre-owned iPads and iPhones. But the team behind the Overland Park, Kan-based startup soon identified a related sector ripe with opportunity. "As we were doing the research, we found a tremendous need in providing managed services for iPads, that include leasing, training, implementing, supporting and recycling the devices," Phil Poje, Tech Orchard … read more