February 1, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This week on PrairieCast, we're joined by Marco Santana, The Des Moines Register's new technology and startup reporter, as well as our own Michael Stacy. We talked through all the news and notes from Pipeline's Innovator of the Year festivities and looked back on the Gigabit Challenge to discuss what it means to the region. This week in our new Fast Four … read more
January 31, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts … read more
January 30, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park At its Innovator of The Year gala on Thursday, Pipeline , the Kansas-based immersion program for high-growth entrepreneurs, unveiled the 12 innovators of its 2012 class. Today, we take a closer look at those dozen entrepreneurs, who make up the largest class in Pipeline history and the first of the program's six classes to include innovators from outside of Kansas' borders. The bios below were provided by Pipeline. For more on Pipeline's Innovator of The Year event, see the links to our coverage and embedded video … read more
January 27, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park From interludes for performance art to an auction of high-dollar paintings and sculptures, Pipeline's Innovator of the Year (IOTY) celebration oozed artistic expression. But there was no tableau more telling nor sound more significant than the site of the dozen people that took center stage at night's end and the label Pipeline CEO Joni Cobb assigned to those 12: Pipeline's first regional class. Pipeline, the Kansas-based entrepreneurship immersion program … read more
January 27, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park As he embarked on his presentation, the last of 10 given Thursday at Pipeline's Innovator of The Year pitch session at the Overland Park (Kan.) Convention Center, Michael O'Shaughnessy cracked wise about the disparate nature of his company, a marketplace for selling transferable tax credits, and the company that had presented just … read more
January 26, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park When I first met Joni Cobb last April, it didn't take long for me to discern that she was an extremely energetic CEO. In describing Pipeline, the entrepreneurship immersion program that had just received an $800,000 challenge grant … read more
January 23, 2012 by Brittany Mascio
Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it's happening in the Silicon Prairie, you'll find it here. For more, visit our events page for a calendar of upcoming events from us and others in the region. To submit an event for consideration, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. … read more
January 20, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park The recognition of Pipeline's top innovator of 2011, the official unveiling of the program's 2012 class of entrepreneurs, and an event organizers promise will be packed with pitches, entrepreneurs and expression is less than a week away. As we initially announced back in November, Pipeline, the Kansas-based entrepreneurial fellowship, will hold its marquee annual event, the Innovator of The Year (IOTY), on Thursday in Overland Park, Kan. The schedule starts at 9 a.m. and runs through the evening's IOTY ceremony, which begins at … read more
November 23, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Overland Park Pipeline, a Kansas-based entrepreneurial fellowship, announced earlier this month that it will unveil its 2012 class — the program's first regional class — and recognize the top entrepreneur from its 2011 class at its Innovator of The Year (IOTY) event … read more