We're excited to bring you our 97th Opportunities on The Prairie today from all over the region. If you have an opportunity to add, please register your positions using our Job Board … read more
March 27, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Fridays, 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 … read more
March 21, 2012 by Michael Stacy
Menlo Park At a time of year when winter-weary travelers flock to sun-splashed beaches for spring break, 10 Midwestern startups are embarking on a coastal excursion of their own. But there won't be much of a "break" involved in this spring trip. Think Big Partners, the Kansas City … read more
March 10, 2012 by Guest Contributor
Day 3 of StartupBus was a lesson in endurance. Many of us started the morning after logging just slightly more than four hours of sleep for the week. We gathered our gear and loaded the bus for our final leg into San Antonio/Austin. Today would be the day that the world would get to know GetWished.com. GetWished is Gifting Re-imagined. | 9:15 a.m. - Depart a Super 8 somewhere in west Texas — we … read more
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
March 2, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
Published Tuesdays and Fridays, 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 or any … read more
February 14, 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 or any of our coverage, please contact danny@siliconprairienews.com. … 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
February 8, 2012 by Royce Haynes
Prairie Village KC Cowork, a new coworking space located at 3500 West 75th Street in Prairie Village, Kan. is hosting a happy hour tonight at 5 for entrepreneurs, investors, consultants and freelancers. Opened in 2011 by Five Elms Capital and Think Big Partners, KC Cowork is an office space with the goal of bringing talented people together to learn from each other's experiences. Legal Sonar, a Kansas-based startup, offices in and manages KC Cowork … read more
January 20, 2012 by Danny Schreiber
What is Prairie Moves? Published twice weekly, 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 … read more