Techweek, the nation’s largest technology conference + festival, returned to Kansas City, Missouri in September for the second year in a row, this time with over 5,000 registered attendees from … Read More
Will LaunchKC Be Back In 2016?
LaunchKC‘s first 10 grant recipients were introduced before a full house at Techweek Kansas City this past September, which has many entrepreneurs asking, is there going to be another opportunity … Read More
LaunchKC Grant Competition Winners Announced During TechweekKC
On Friday, September 18th, 20 startup companies came together at Union Station to compete in the first annual LaunchKC grant competition. LaunchKC is a grants competition for tech entrepreneurs to compete for … Read More
LaunchKC advances 20 tech startups to grants competition finals at Techweek!
LaunchKC announced today its selection of 20 tech entrepreneurs who will be in Kansas City in two weeks to compete for $500,000 in grants, and a leg up in building their … Read More
LaunchKC Application Review Process Is Underway!
Created in December of 2014, LaunchKC is a national grants competition that will award up to ten $50,000 grants to early stage entrepreneurs and their tech ventures. It’s underlying mission … Read More
The Sprint Mobile Accelerator Launches Head First into Mentor Madness
In 2014, Sprint opened the Sprint Accelerator in Kansas City, which is home to the Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator powered by Techstars, a three-month, immersive, mentor-driven program for ten selected … Read More
Grand Opening Of Think Big Coworking Space Represents Growing Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In KC
Kansas City has been a lot of things over the years—from a cow town to the “Paris of the Plains”—but as we move into the future, Kansas City has become … Read More
How Nerds are Driving Development in Kansas City
Everyone’s heard of Silicon Valley, but these days, a phrase that’s tossed around more and more in tech circles is the “Silicon Prairie.” That’s because places like Kansas City are … Read More
Think Big Partners is thinking BIG with 75% more space for entrepreneurs!
Think Big Partners is thinking BIG with their plans to continue growing Kansas City into the most entrepreneurial city in the country by creating a dense ecosystem of high growth … Read More
iKC Unconference Wrap-up 2014
The EDC was proud to be a sponsor of this year’s iKC Unconference event along with many supporting corporate partners in the Kansas City area. The idea of an ‘unconference’ … Read More