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Prairie Portrait: Nick Seguin of the Kauffman Foundation

3615_113a40de29_small February 10, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Kansas City Bio: Midwest guy whose obsessions include: startups, building teams, travel and storytelling. Curator of people, connector of dots. | Title: Partner at Dynamit, Manager of Entrepreneurship at Kauffman Foundation, Board of Directors at Startup Weekend | Age: 27 | Residence: A 747 somewhere, sometimes Kansas City, Mo. | Website: nickseguin.tumblr.com | Twitter: @nickseguin | Intro music: "Make My Whole World" by Trolley Snatcha | Silicon Prairie News: In your role at Kauffman, you travel across the country and world observing and working in different entrepreneurial ecosystems. To you, what are the unique, defining characteristics of the Silicon Prairie? Nick Seguin: I honestly don't know if I can articulate any unique … read more

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At Kauffman event, leaders call for end to local, state barriers to startups

3611_fd70dce947_small February 9, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Washington, D.C. A group of government officials, academics and non-profit leaders convened today in Washington, D.C. to call for the reduction of legislation and regulation that they believe is impeding the progress of the country's high-growth startups. Benno Schmidt, the interim president and CEO of the Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and Govs. Dave Heineman of Nebraska and Jack Markell of Delaware, who both attended on behalf of the National Governors … read more

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Watch Live: Kauffman’s State of Entrepreneurship Address

3610_f1c247d1e7_small February 9, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Washington, D.C. Benno Schmidt, the interim president and CEO of the Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and Gov. Dave Heineman of Nebraska headline a group of speakers slated to talk today at the Kauffman Foundation's third annual State of Entrepreneurship Address in Washington, D.C. The event is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Central Time and continue for 90 minutes … read more

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A guide to Global Entrepreneurship Week events across the Prairie

3170_81e77a2042_small November 14, 2011 by Michael Stacy

In 123 countries around the world and several cities across the Silicon Prairie, today marks the start of the fourth annual Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), sponsored by the Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foudation. Globally, more than 25,000 partner organizations will host 40,000 events in a week-long … read more

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A Thinc Iowa thank you to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

3147_91feacf05e_small November 8, 2011 by Jeff Slobotski

Des Moines We want to extend a warm Thinc Iowa and Silicon Prairie News thank you to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for sponsoring the inaugural Thinc Iowa! The Kauffman Foundation has been one of our closest supporters, and we were thrilled to have them involved in this year's event around a topic we feel is important to continue developing the entrepreneurial ecosystem over the next several years and beyond. The Kauffman Foundation was established … read more

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KC’s going gaga for Google Fiber. But what will it mean? (Video)

3136_ae8ec43241_small November 7, 2011 by Michael Stacy

Kansas City Amidst talk that Google is thinking about entering the TV game and speculation that Kansas City, with the impending arrival of Google's ultra high-speed network, is a good candidate to serve as a testing ground for the TV service, there's been an interesting confluence of buzz-building and reality-checking in the last few days regarding the company's fiber … read more

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Startup Weekend KC returns Nov. 11-13 for Global Entrepreneurship Week

3125_4cfbdb7fff_small November 3, 2011 by Brittany Mascio

Kansas City Kansas City will be one of 21 cities participating in Startup Weekend Nov.11-13. The 54-hour event, during which participants build ideas into web or mobile applications that could form the basis of credible businesses, returns to the city as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Startup Weekend, now an affiliate of the Kauffman Foundation (see our post "Kauffman Foundation brings Startup Weekend … read more

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Thinc Iowa Video Series: Scott Case of Startup America Partnership

3093_cbba0bd596_small October 27, 2011 by Michael Stacy

Des Moines The sixth speaker in our Video Series is Scott Case, CEO of the Startup America Partnership, which is an independent, private-sector entity that brings together mentors, advisors, funders, major corporations and service providers to deliver the resources needed to help entrepreneurs start and scale companies. In his talk, Case described the types of … read more

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Thinc Iowa: Scott Case - ‘Build a network of support’

3061_8f95bc4c41_small October 24, 2011 by John T. Meyer

Des Moines Wearing his red, white, and blue Converse sneakers, Scott Case, took the stage Friday afternoon at the Temple for Performing Arts in Des Moines to illustrate the intersection between corporations and startups. Case started by explaining the mission and purpose of the Startup America Partnership. As Case explained, Startup America Partnership strives to offer five things for startups: expertise, support services, talent, customers and capital. …  read more

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PrairieCast with Erin Ginkens and Nick Seguin (Video)

2996_42eb1e2315_small October 12, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Episode 59: The one where we talk about FDR's VP, Henry A. Wallace – This week on PrairieCast, Erin Ginkens (left, photo from linkedin.com) of Entrepreneurial Technologies joined us in studio and Nick Seguin (photo from kauffman.org) of the Kauffman Foundation skyped in admist the fun that is Chicago Ideas Week. We talk about several serious … read more