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4807_bf78aa2e4c_small October 3, 2012 by Paige Yowell

Overland Park ABPathfinder is on a mission to solve a common problem among therapists and teachers of children with autism: Paper. Jeff Blackwood, founder of … read more

4739_98e0757727_small September 18, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Overland Park Sprint is teaming up with Red Nova Labs for this month's installment of Venture Fridays, part of an effort by the Overland Park, Kan.-based telecommunications giant to connect with some of Kansas City's budding tech companies. Venture Fridays, Red Nova Labs' monthly entrepreneurial get-together, will take place from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the Winter Garden facility on Sprint's Overland Park campus and feature one-minute pitches from representatives of 17 area … read more

4509_8992c7213c_small July 25, 2012 by Paige Yowell

Overland Park Today marks the launch of RĀZ Mobile, an Overland Park, Kan. startup dedicated to helping nonprofits and other causes raise money via mobile web pages. As we reported about a year ago, the company raised $150,000 from local angels last August. Founder Dale Knoop said RĀZ Mobile closed on a second angel round in April 2012, bringing the total investment to $225,000. … read more

4462_4dc94d056f_small July 16, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Overland Park LockPath today announced it has closed a $6 million Series B round led by El Dorado Ventures. The round also included participation from Vesbridge Partners … read more

4307_1b2b5899d8_small June 14, 2012 by Paige Yowell

Overland Park Dan Butler has been killing viruses for 13 years. As a computer consultant working with data recovery and security, Butler said … read more

4029_7d3b976160_small April 25, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Overland Park LockPath, a provider of governance, risk and compliance (GRC) applications, today announced it is one of 10 finalists for the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Innovation Showcase. The May 22 event will feature … read more

3989_7bc8d9eba5_small April 17, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Overland Park Front Flip is ready to bring its virtual scratch cards to vendors across the country. The Overland Park, Kan.-based startup today announced the nationwide availability of its customer engagement platform, which is designed to help businesses attract, engage, reward and retain customers through the use of "scratch cards" on mobile phones. Following pilots in select U.S. cities, Front Flip is now able to register businesses from anywhere in … read more

3838_c1cd7505e7_small 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

3841_e2e7c2736e_small 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

3787_5ea8db78d1_small March 14, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Overland Park Automotive Technology Services (ATS), a company that develops mobile applications for the auto industry, announced this morning at the Kansas City Area Development Council’s board meeting that it will make its headquarters in Overland Park, Kan., bringing 26 jobs with it. The flagship product for ATS is AutoFlipr … read more

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