Silicon Prairie News

Washington, D.C. Four U.S. Senators, including Jerry Moran of Kansas, on Tuesday introduced Startup Act 2.0, a piece of bipartisan legislation designed to jumpstart the economy through the creation and growth of new businesses. Startup Act 2.0 builds on the original Startup Act, which was introduced to the senate by Moran and Mark Warner (D-Va.) in December but didn't progress beyond that. The new Startup Act also draws from components of the AGREE Act … read more

Kansas City Time and again at the conclusion of Startup Weekend, teams express a similar sentiment regarding their uncertain futures: the biggest challenge, the say, will be maintaining momentum. More than a fortnight removed from the fifth Startup Weekend Kansas City, some teams are undoubtedly staring that challenge squarely in the face. … read more

Kansas City Kansas City is on the verge of an opportunity for unprecedented waste. And that, Paul Kedrosky believes, could be a wonderful thing. That was the message Kedrosky (left), a senior fellow at the Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, conveyed to a lunchtime crowd on April 18 in the third installment of the Kauffman Foundation's Google … read more

Kansas City The second installment of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's Google Fiber Speaker Series did little to lower an awfully lofty bar set in the series' first session. John Wilbanks, who's a senior fellow in entrepreneurship at the Kauffman Foundation and an expert on open content, open data and open innovation systems, delivered the second … read more