Tag: Kansas City Startup Village (KCSV)

Crawl through Kansas City’s startup scene with this happy hour tour

By Tommy Felts / April 21, 2016

After a two-year hiatus, a popular city-wide tour of area startups will return to offer residents a  chance to learn about the entrepreneurs and innovative businesses around them. Set for May 20, the 2016 Kansas City Startup Crawl will wind its way through several of the area’s startup hotbeds, highlighting coworking studios, accelerators and community…

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Arredondo: The Economist documentary, recent press great for Kansas City

By Tommy Felts / January 26, 2016

It’s no secret that I’m a total homer for Kansas City. I truly believe that we have the opportunity and ability to become a world-class, 21st-century city. With that being said, I’ve been known to hyperbolize when it comes to the promise I see in Kansas City. But recently, our city has sold itself with…

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Kansas City’s “Home for Hackers” finds new ownership

By Tommy Felts / January 26, 2016

The new owner of Kansas City’s “Home for Hackers” is planning to further the legacy of the program that has brought dozens of techies to the area from around the world. Ben Barreth, founder of the Home for Hackers, recently sold his house near 44th and State Line Road in Kansas City, Kan., to Jeff…

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Google Fiber, KC entrepreneurship takes stage at White House

By Tommy Felts / January 22, 2016

In a special event at the White House, Kansas City Mayor Sly James exalted area entrepreneurship and a startup community that grew as a result of the metro’s access to Google Fiber. Joining mayors from Boston and Fresno, Calif., for the U.S. Conference of Mayors, James stood at a White House podium touting the gigabit…

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Amid success, the Kansas City Startup Village is shrinking

By Tommy Felts / January 14, 2016

It’s Nov. 13, 2012, and Kansas City’s Spring Valley neighborhood is in a frenzy. TV vans line the streets near 4454 State Line Road, the first house to receive Google’s ultra fast Internet service in the Kansas City, Kan. neighborhood. Reporters jockey for access to a handful of entrepreneurs and techies that moved to area…

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