In pursuit of sparking their entrepreneurship ecosystems, cities are getting smarter at empowering local civic entrepreneurs to solve municipal challenges while catalyzing new local industries. Earlier this week, Think Big managing Partner Herb Sih took the stage for a special local edition of Gigabit City Summit to discuss how strong…
More than half of the world’s population today lives in urban settlements. By 2050 this urban population will grow to over 70% with more than 4.8 billion people living in cities. As communities deal with this massive growth, cities everywhere are challenged by congestion, pollution, crime, aging infrastructure, falling budgets…
Innovation doesn’t mean much if it exists in a vacuum. To spotlight the challenges, Kansas City innovators and area organizations making an impact, the Innovation Exchange returns in 2017 Led by Think Big Partners and Startland News, the Innovation Exchange has attracted more than 200 people to learn about and…
This past Tuesday, October 11, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai visited Think Big to discuss his Digital Empowerment Agenda. During the event, Commissioner Pai outlined his proposals on how government at all levels can promote high-speed Internet access, or “broadband,” throughout the United States, particularly in low-income and rural areas. He…
During a recent visit to Kansas City, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai stopped by Think Big to discuss the importance of bridging the digital divide and easing regulation in order to improve access to high-speed internet and spur innovation in lower income and rural areas. Pai touched on a variety of controversial…
Student IoT Innovation Challenge draws over 200 students to demo 35 sensor-based projects at Think Big On March 3rd, during a special Think Big Thursdays event, the downtown innovation center hosted KCSIC’s inaugural student pilot – the SensED IoT Innovation Challenge. Hundreds of students, parents, teachers, Think Big member companies and…
Thanks to the generosity of our top Smart City Tech Summit Sponsors, we are proud to announce the release of a limited number of sponsored tickets to the upcoming Public Safety Summit March 29 – 31, 2016 in Kansas City. These tickets have been made available to help assemble municipal…
Cameras have become an integral part of our society. They are carried in our pockets and mounted to walls. As a result, crimes are more and more frequently captured in images and recorded on video. In daily life, it’s no longer uncommon to see a crime unfold in images and…
The world today is changing fast. One thing for certain is that technology is moving faster than ever before, but parts of civilization are not keeping up. One of the biggest threats that modern civilization faces today–regardless of race, religion, socio-economic boundaries and geography–is the threat of domestic terrorism to…
We live in the age of cities with the most rapid urban migration in history. It’s creating business opportunities and ideas at unprecedented speed. In 2013, half of the world’s population was living in cities. In just five years, half of Asia’s population will be living in cities. By 2035,…
