March 8, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
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
February 14, 2012 by Michael Stacy
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
May 24, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Published every Tuesday, 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 emailinfo@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts or any of our … read more
May 23, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
From two of our own events (Startup Lessons Learned viewing party taking place now and a meetup on Wednesday) to Think Big Kansas City and Startup Drinks in Des Moines, there's quite the range of activity taking place on the Prairie this week. With startup events every day … read more
April 13, 2011 by Royce Haynes
Kansas City Picture a weekend-long event in which you could meet new people, promote your idea and take that idea to the next level in just under 54 hours. I know, the thought of taking that idea to a social event and bringing it to fruition in a weekend seems insane, but this is exactly what happens at Startup Weekend. … read more
March 25, 2011 by Chris G. Shaw
Kansas City If you want a chance to be a part of the next Zaarly or LaunchRock, you should sign up to attend Startup Weekend Kansas City. The event will break up developers … read more
February 18, 2011 by Chris G. Shaw
Kansas City As the managing partner of Think Big Partners, Think Big Kansas City and bizperc, Herb Sih has been busy over the last three years (Left, photo from thinkbigpartners.com). Most recently, Think Big announced a collaboration with Angel Capital Group, a Tennessee-based investment group, to launch 4-6 companies in an incubator right here in Kansas City. The Think Big KC incubator is based on the Y Combinator/TechStars proof-of-concept model. Founders apply with a business plan and receive a little funding, along with some legal and marketing help, and 90 days of… read more
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