Kansas City Lacey Ellis has been solving problems her entire professional career. Problem is, it's always been for someone else. She helped build campaigns for clients like Commerce Bank, MetLife and Hostess as an art director and freelancer at ad agencies the past ten years. When a problem she faced as a mother wouldn't leave her head, she came up with digital scrapbooking app LittleHootz. The end result: first prize Sunday at Startup Weekend Kansas City, which aims to build viable companies … read more

Ames Stinky Flowers Co. enjoyed a smell of sweet success at the first Startup Weekend Ames on Sunday. The group of four beat out six other teams to take the top prize. With the tagline, "Cheap flowers that make your girlfriend say: 'At least he remembered,' " the team set out to connect "economical flower shoppers" with florists who need to dispose of expiring inventory. The resulting service helps potential last-minute flower shoppers snag … read more

Ames Tune in to Startup Weekend Ames this evening at 5 to watch a live stream of the weekend's seven teams as they pitch their ideas to a panel of judges. Judges for the … read more

Kansas City Watch presentations from Startup Weekend Kansas City's 11 teams by tuning at 4 p.m. for a live look at the event. Judges for the event include University of Kansas director of entrepreneurship Wallace Meyer, AgLocal CEO Naithan Jones, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation entrepreneur-in-residence Diana Kander, Raiser Group president and CEO Adam Crane and Hallmark Cards vice president of strategic … read more

Kansas City With the goal of creating a startup from scratch, Kansas City's seventh Startup Weekend formed 11 teams Friday from a pool of 62 attendees at Rockhurst University's Helzberg School of Management. Today, the teams will continue to work on their ideas and present to the panel of judges at 4:30 p.m. in the Science Center, Room 115, following speaker Sam Meers, president and CEO of Meers Advertising ... read more

Ames The first Startup Weekend Ames is underway with seven teams working to make an idea a reality in just a weekend. On Friday evening the 51 people registered for the event pitched ideas and formed teams at the CPMI Events Center in Ames. Throughout the weekend, these teams work to solidify business plans and build the necessary technology before they must pitch their final products to a panel of judges at 5 p.m. on Sunday. The event is open to the public … read more