Tag: Steve Case

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Farmobile’s Jason Tatge: Why venture capitalists can’t afford to fly over Midwest startups

By Tommy Felts / November 12, 2018

Savvy investors are turning their attention to the Midwest. Leading VC firms and investors are fleeing from the high prices, the groupthink and the cutthroat competition of the coasts and turning to the heart of the United States for their next moonshots. And yet, the Midwest attracts just 7 percent of VC capital, a tiny…

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Steve Case to KC entrepreneurs, investors: You can’t sit back now

By Tommy Felts / June 27, 2017

To nudge more Kansas Citians off of the sidelines and into its budding entrepreneurial ecosystem, former AOL founder Steve Case spoke Friday to a group of local investors at a luncheon. KCRise Fund managing director Darcy Howe hosted a fireside chat with Case for a crowd of investors, potential investors and entrepreneurs. Case told the…

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Investor dinners, KC hospitality garner praise at Rise of the Rest Summit

By Tommy Felts / April 6, 2017

Kansas City’s hospitality recently took center stage at the national Rise of the Rest Summit in Washington, D.C. Addressing ecosystem leaders around the nation, KCRise Fund managing director Darcy Howe shared strategies she’s used to build the KCRise fund, including a tactic that’s nourishing area startups — literally and figuratively.  In addition to showcasing her…

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AOL founder Steve Case says innovators must become policy savvy

By Tommy Felts / October 25, 2016

Get familiar with public policy or your company will get left behind. That was the forward-looking message that AOL founder Steve Case had for a group of about 200 investors and entrepreneurs at the 2016 Kauffman Fellows summit in Kansas City. Now the CEO of Revolution, Case argued that investors, entrepreneurs and policymakers will have…

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Kauffman Fellows hosting hundreds of global VCs in Kansas City homecoming

By Tommy Felts / October 19, 2016

More than 200 investors and entrepreneurs from around the globe will soon converge in Kansas City as part of one of the most highly-esteemed venture capital organizations in the world. Now in its 21st year, the Kauffman Fellows program will reunite top-tier investors that hail from five continents for a reunion summit on Oct. 24…

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