At a time of year when winter-weary travelers flock to sun-splashed beaches for spring break, 10 Midwestern startups are embarking on a coastal excursion of their own. But there won’t be much of a break involved in this spring trip. Think Big Partners, the Kansas City, Mo.-based startup accelerator and business…
Think Big’s web developer and partner, Blake Miller has been selected to participate in a 72-hour roadtrip-meets-hackathon competition known as StartupBus. Miller will participate on the Las Vegas StartupBus and will travel to Austin, Texas for South by Southwest (SXSW) with a group of hackers, developers and entrepreneurs. StartupBus is an…
Who’s leading the nation’s charge in entrepreneurship? Silicon Valley? New York City? Nope, says Sarah Snyder of bizperc: Kansas City. A seemingly surprising candidate for the role, the self-proclaimed City of Entrepreneurs is making no secret of its intentions to become a top source of innovation and economic growth in the…
Think Big Partners, an early-stage startup accelerator and business incubator, has announced the startup companies selected to attend the Think Big Showcase. Bixy, EyeVerify, KlinkMobile, LockerDome, LiveOn, ABPathfinder, InvenQuery, RollSale, SEIN Analytics and Asset Management, and Kauzu will travel to Silicon Valley on March 21-22, 2012, with the opportunity to…
Businesses in Kansas City have some big ideas for Google’s new fiber network, although they still don’t know if they’ll be able to use it once it goes online. That’s because Google originally conceived its experimental fiber network as a fiber-to-the-home network for residential users. But given the enthusiasm that…
This year, Think Big Partners is sponsoring the 2012 Global Coworking Unconference Conference on March 8, 2012 in Austin, Texas. Kansas City, MO February 21, 2012 Think Big Partners has announced a sponsorship for the2012 Global Coworking Unconference Conference on March 8, 2012 at the AT&T Conference Center in Austin, Texas. The…
As the managing partner of Think Big Partners, Think Big Kansas Cityand bizperc, Herb Sih has been busy over the last three years (Left, photo from thinkbigpartners.com). Most recently, Think Big announced a collaboration with Angel Capital Group, a Tennessee-based investment group, to launch 4-6 companies in an incubator right here in Kansas City.
The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerceand Think Big Partners today announced that they are teaming up with H&R Block to host a new innovation and entrepreneurship conference later this year. The all-day conference, which is a combination of two events — the Chamber’s Innovation Conferenceand Think Big Kansas City — that were held separately last year, will be hosted…
Kansas City, MO February 15, 2012 Think Big Partners, a technology-focused startup accelerator and mentorship-based collaborative coworking space for entrepreneurs, and Microsoft BizSpark Plus have collaborated to offer startups $60,000 in cloud services on the new Windows Azure program. BizSpark Plus is an extension of the Microsoft BizSpark program, designed to accelerate…
There’s an old adage that the best way to describe a job you love is that you would do it for free. I’m fortunate enough in my role in Microsoft that I’ve been able to experience that opportunity by working and meeting with investors, entrepreneurs and startups from all walks…
