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St. Louis Startups Strut Their Stuff

ReadWriteStart

Louis show how vibrant the startup ecosystem has become there. This is the 13th year the conference has been in business, which alternates each year between Kansas City and St. Invest Midwest ended with a presentation by Jim McKelvey, cofounder of the mobile-payment company Square and a local St. Louis tech investor.

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The Last Week of the KC Fiber House Competition

Feld Thoughts

The chance to apply to win a slot to live in my Google Fiber enabled house in Kansas City are open for one more week – ending on March 25th at 17:00 CDT. I’m looking for entrepreneurs who are committed to living in Kansas City for a year who have a unique and novel approach to taking advantage of 1 gigibit Internet.

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Your city doesn’t have a startup community? Start one!

The Next Web

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Aaron Pitman , an angel investor and founder and partner of RA Domain Capital. You don’t have to be located in Silicon Valley to take part in a great startup community. After all, a great startup community can grow anywhere — from the buzzing streets of New York City to sleepy rural Iowa.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Quicc

Austin Startup

Quicc co-founders Jason Toevs and Mike Mathia. That’s the mission of Quicc , launched in 2019, in Wichita, Kansas. Mathia shared some thoughts about his startup experience?—?and Tell us your favorite thing about being in Wichita, Kansas. What has the startup experience taught you about life?

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Are You From Where Your Were Born?

Feld Thoughts

In the article The biggest tech company founders from every state I win the callout for Arkansas. He’s most known for founding Foundry Group, a prominent venture capital firm that focuses on early stage investment, but also co-founded startup accelerator Techstars.” The post Are You From Where Your Were Born?

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SXSW Startups: Healium

Austin Startup

The Forrest Four-Cast: February 5, 2019 Fifty diverse startups will aim to impress a panel of judges and a live audience with their skills, creativity and innovation at SXSW Pitch Presented by Cyndx. My co-founder, Dr. Jeff Tarrant , wrote the book on neuromeditation. Tell us about the startup ecosystem there.

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Sales Account Manager for a leading NYC based StartUp. With a wealth of financial knowledge, I took a risk and became the CFO of a clean tech startup and eventually moved to San Francisco where my entire high end wardrobe became obsolete. Thanks to Steve Benson, Badger Maps ! #4 4 – Sr. Sales Account Manager.