Two awards honoring startups in Omaha and Kansas City are quickly nearing their nomination deadline. Friday is the last day to put a company's name in for the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce's "Innovator of the Year" award and the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce's "Aspirational Entrepreneur" award. The Omaha Chamber's award, which is a part of its annual Big O! Excellence Awards (left), recognizes an "individual or an organization that has both envisioned and executed on an opportunity." Proxibid earned the title last year, and in the award's first year in 2011, our organization was honored to receive the recognition. To nominate a company or individual, visit omahachamber.org. The Kansas City Chamber's award … read more

Kansas City Collaboration. It's not an "i" word, so it didn't fit neatly into the branding of iKC, a conference that aimed to innovate, ignite and inspire. But collaboration was an awfully popular topic on Wednesday at H&R Block world headquarters in Kansas City, Mo. For one, the very existence of the conference was a testament to Kansas City collaborating … read more

Kansas City Endeavoring to make a place "America's most entrepreneurial" is nice in concept. It's the sort of ambition that can generate all kinds of energy and provide fodder for countless conversations. But how, pray tell, does a city go about delivering on those discussions? What's the best way to convert conversation into action? And, once that happens, how can anyone tell if or when the ambitious transformation has taken place? A cross section … read more

Kansas City It's a week so chock-full of entrepreneurial activity that it can't be contained to just seven days. One Week KC, a series of events designed to inspire, educate and connect Kansas City entrepreneurs, kicks off June 18 and runs through June 26, featuring nine days of events aimed at celebrating and raising the profile of Kansas City's … read more

Kansas City A contest to pick the name of a new Kansas City conference on innovation and entrepreneurship has ended. The organizations behind it, Think Big Kansas City and the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, announced today it will be called IgniteKC. The new conference is a combination of two other events – the Chamber's Innovation Conference and Think Big's Think Big Kansas City – and will be held on June 20 at H&R Block's corporate … read more

Kansas City The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and Think Big Partners today announced that they are teaming up with H&R Block to host a new innovation and entrepreneurship conference later this year. The all-day conference, which is a combination of two events — the Chamber's Innovation Conference and Think Big Kansas City — that were held separately last year … read more