KC sci|tech|startups|entrepreneurial thread

[KCMax]

Author Brad Feld buys house in “Startup Village,” where ideas that need Google Fiber can be nurtured.

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[KCMax]

Brad Feld: My New FiberHouse in Kansas City

I have a couple of very specific goals. First, I want to set an example using some of the principles I talk about in Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City. Next, I’m fascinated with Google Fiber and the idea of 1GB Internet access to the home so I want to experiment and see what smart entrepreneurs can come up with. I have a long relationship with Kauffman and Kansas City going back to the mid-1990′s and I want to support the development and growth of the Kansas City startup community. And finally, when Amy and I talked about the idea of it, we agreed it would be a fun thing to do.

[earthling]

^I wonder if this could spin into a reality TV show. As silly as that might be, it also might be a huge boost to the momentum...

http://betabeat.com/2013/02/the-real-wo ... ber-house/

[coreyo]

Visited the Startup Village during the Startup Crawl last week. It's pretty much just a bunch of dudes living in a house together coding away.

[coreyo]

^I wonder if this could spin into a reality TV show. As silly as that might be, it also might be a huge boost to the momentum...

http://betabeat.com/2013/02/the-real-wo ... ber-house/

Funny considering who is an investor in Betablox.

[KCMax]

http://launchkc.com/

Launch KC is a KC, MO strategic initiative designed to attract and develop IT entrepreneurs and professionals to the thriving information technology community in the Crossroads Arts District and throughout greater Downtown Kansas City, Missouri. "This is where IT start-ups take off," says Mayor James.

http://youtu.be/LBbHIyovq3A

[KCMax]

The Disruption Institute unveils a Google Fiber idea scholarship, gets support from Sprint and others

The Disruption Institute, a Kansas City, Missouri-based organization that is dedicated to turning the city into a mobile innovation leader, has unveiled a new scholarship program to encourage developers to build mobile apps and find new ways to help people get connected. To help aid in the education process, it has enlisted the support of Sprint and other companies.

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[KCMax]

Big Kansas City 2013

Big Kansas City joins Big Omaha and Big Des Moines to make up The Big Series, the nation's most ambitious events on innovation and entrepreneurship. In the weeks to come, we'll share more details about the two-and-a-half-day conference, reveal more than a dozen notable entrepreneurs and innovators as speakers and introduce some of the 400 attendees who will share in the experiences with us.

In the meantime, here's a sneak peek at our new branding, our conference home and the overview of the full schedule. Please note, tickets go on sale Jan. 23.

http://www.siliconprairienews.com/2013/ ... nally-here

http://youtu.be/YkESkDXygDs

[Zorobabel]

Phone2Action calls in win at SXSW Accelerator

Turns out Kansas City, Mo.-based Phone2Action truly was dialed in at the South by Southwest Interactive Accelerator on Tuesday. The mobile advocacy startup outdueled seven early-stage companies to win the News Technologies category after two rounds of presentations.

Co-founders Jeb Ory and Ximena Hartsock will head home with $4,000, two tickets to next year's SXSW Interactive, free web hosting for a year, an Apple TV and more, but they know the biggest benefits are yet to come.

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[KCMax]

HuffPo: Jason Grill: Top 5 Takeaways From the First Big Kansas City

[earthling]

Union Station scored a digital projection company from Dallas, due to SightDeck and Google Fiber...

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/10/41 ... enter.html

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[Zorobabel]

Perceptive Software’s sales jump 47 percent

Perceptive reaped $44 million in revenue in the first quarter, compared with $30 million in revenue during the same period last year.
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Perceptive, an electronic document management provider, has roughly 700 local employees.

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/n ... ly-50.html

[KCMax]

The "Startups: Made in Kansas City" series on KCPT is pretty good. Caught an episode last night. A fellow forum member makes an appearance.

http://www.youtube.com/user/KCPTOnline

[KCMax]

Kansas City promotes itself as good home for tech entrepreneurs and start-up companies

[earthling]

KC metro ranked 64th in world for patents in 2012 - used to be ranked much lower and is apparently rising fast, passing up STL for first time in 2011.

Since the recession, patent growth has been very strong in Kansas City," said Jonathan Rothwell, lead author of a Brookings study last month on patents in metropolitan areas. "There's a huge spike. ... A big part of that seems to be Sprint."
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One measure Brookings made compared a metropolitan area's patent production to its working population. For decades, the Kansas City area's rank among metro areas had bounced around in unenviable territory, between 174 and 244. No more. The area made the top 100 in 2011 and surged to 64 last year thanks to growth in patents.

Reprint from KC Star...
http://news.zurichna.com/article/d4281a ... on-patents

KC ranked 31st in US in 2011 so apparently is higher than that in 2012. Can't find the actual 2012 list, only 2011. KC metro ranked 8th for telcom patents in 2011 so maybe higher in 2012 since they mention growth with Sprint.