Think Big Foundation and Cisco launched SensED - a project-based STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education program for middle and high school students - in September with a pilot kickoff at Think Big’s innovation center in the heart of downtown KC. The program was adopted in four Lee’s Summit…
Preparing students and educators to be leaders in emergent technologies Earlier this year, the Kansas City Council approved a $15 million agreement with San Francisco based Cisco Systems Inc., to turn a two-mile stretch of the streetcar line into a “Smart City” network - the largest deployment currently in North…
Over the last twenty years the interest in social entrepreneurship has expanded across the globe. But in the last several years, Millennials have been like rocket fuel to social enterprise creation. This group has entered the workforce en masse, and notably placed purpose at the top of their list of…
The mission of Think Big Partners has always been about more than money. While we are committed to identifying, nurturing and supporting successful companies in the Midwest and across the country, we are also very aware that this does not happen in a vacuum. Successful entrepreneurs require committed ecosystems and…
