Earlier this year I wrote one of my first piece’s for the Huffington Post entitled “Flyover Country? Not this Kansas City.” The column focused on many of the incredible things happening on Silicon Prairie. Since then Kansas City has continued to impress with its unbelievable momentum in the entrepreneur, startup and innovation…
Kansas City’s brand new Think Big Accelerator has just announced that they are the latest partner in the Microsoft Bizspark program. Think Big Partners and the Think Big Accelerator for emerging early stage, high growth potential startups just announced their first class of six startups last week. The six startups…
Think Big Partners will invest as much as $144,000 in the six companies that make up the first class for its business accelerator program, the Kansas City Business Journal reports. Managing Partner Herb Sih said Think Big’s investments in the companies will range from $18,000 to $24,000 in exchange for a 6 percent…
KANSAS CITY, MO—June 14, 2012—Kansas City-based startup accelerator Think Big Partners has opened the application window for its first-ever Think Big Accelerator class, a 14-week program that will aid tech-focused, early-stage startups and entrepreneurs in launching a business faster, stronger and smarter this September. With a team made up of…
THINK BIG VENTURES I, THE NEWLY LAUNCHED VENTURE CAPITAL FUND FROM THINK BIG PARTNERS, HAS ANNOUNCED ITS FIRST INVESTMENT IN KANSAS-CITY BASED STARTUP, EYEVERIFY. Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) May 24, 2012 Think Big Partners, a Kansas City based early-stage business incubator and technology-focused startup accelerator, announced the launch of its…
Think Big Partners today announced the six startups accepted into the first class of its Think Big Accelerator, a 22-week program that starts Tuesday in the company’s coworking space, bizperc. Each startup receives investment, mentorship and business services, an offering Think Big Partners managing partner Herb Sih said is done through a “joint venture” of three entities. Think Big Ventures, a…
A new venture capital fund that will invest in metro-area startups has raised $3 million toward a $35 million goal. The Think Big Ventures I fund is a new effort from Kansas City-based Think Big Partners, an early-stage business incubator and tech-focused startup accelerator. The group launched the fund in…
Thanks for joining us at iKC! We hope you had a great time at iKC this year! We enjoyed hosting the event and hope you walked away with new ideas, inspiration and ambition to help make KC America’s Most Entrepreneurial City.
iKC announces agenda, speakers, keynote address, exhibit opportunities and Fire Up pitches for June 20 conference. iKC, the premier conference on innovation and entrepreneurship, was born out of a merger between two successful events - the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce’s Innovation Conference and Think Big Partners’ Think Big…
The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and Think Big Partners have launched the new website for Kansas City’s innovation and entrepreneur conference, now known as iKC. iKC, formerly known as The Chamber’s Innovation Conference and Think Big Partners’ Think Big Kansas City, is a day-long conference that will be hosted by…
