“Everybody’s working for the weekend,” famed poets Loverboy once said. And sometimes on the weekend. We work – too much – and we save what we sow from our weekday grind – not enough – to use to unwind. We use sports, hiking, or art for an escape. Or music. And as our escape, we…
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Software solutions are vital to businesses of any size. Incorporating data and information across software services effectively can be the deciding factor in achieving business goals. With the growing number of software programs and applications, businesses struggle to find the best mixture of solutions to work for their company. Onspring aims at ridding businesses of…
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You have a high-quality stereo system that powers outdoor speakers on your deck? Awesome, but can you manage playlists and change songs without walking inside? Is everything readily available at the touch of a button on your Bluetooth, smartphone remote control? Of course not; that would be impossible. Or is it? This dilemma was all…
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The day-to-day for a nonprofit is busy, to say the least. Keeping track of volunteers and their hours, information, and participation history is time-consuming and often falls to the bottom of the agenda. But Andrew Stanley and Venkat Dulipalli – the good Samaritans that they are – decided to take this problem head-on. VolunteerMark was designed specifically…
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Everybody is a fan in one way or another, and everybody has their favorite sports team. Thanks to season-long data, we are privy to what sports team reigns supreme, but it raises an important question: how do we evaluate the sports fans? In the hopes of settling an age-old debate, Will Coatney and Hunter Browning…
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Brandon Schatz is on a mission to provide an organized platform dedicated to sports photographers and their photos with his website, Sports Photos. “Back in the day when I was playing sports, I remember seeing tons of sports photographers, but I always wondered where their photos ended up,” a nostalgic Schatz explains. The idea is…
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Web searches are a new chore in our world. Look this up, find out where we are going; what is the menu for that restaurant again? Sometimes you nail it, but other times you are left out in the cold with the worst Chinese food you have ever tasted. Mike Farmer, along with Dan Carroll…
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Last night, SquareOffs, a social-focused, online polling startup, took home the title of Kansas City’s Hottest Showcasing Startup, at a capacity-packed Boulevard Brewing Company as part of Tech Cocktail’s KC Mixer and Startup Showcase. Built on the frustration of the lack of innovation of online polling, SquareOffs uses Facebook and Twitter authentication to shift the…
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We get it, you’re busy. You weren’t able to get to every Tech Cocktail post this week. Fear not, because we’ve curated the week’s top 10(ish) posts as determined by the Tech Cocktail editorial team. To get the Tech Cocktail weekly wrap-up direct to your inbox, sign up for the Tech Cocktail newsletter today. This Week’s…
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So far, nonprofit Connecting for Good has brought free wireless Internet to 600 households in three low-income housing projects in Kansas City. They think that an Internet connection is the gateway to countless opportunities. “We believe there is a growing underclass in America: the unconnected. Without an Internet connection, they are unable to apply for…
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Last October, Tech Cocktail paid their first visit to Kansas City. With an outpour of enthusiasm for the surrounding startup scene, it didn’t take long to realize it wouldn’t be the last. That’s why Tech Cocktail is thrilled to return to The City of Fountains next week. Join us on May 7th as Tech Cocktail is headed…
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Entrepreneurs have until Monday, March 25, to apply to live rent-free in Brad Feld’s new Kansas City house, complete with warp-speed Google Fiber Internet. Applicants must be at least 18 years old, be willing to live in the house for one year, and have a compelling reason for using Google Fiber. This competition is Feld’s…
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Step 1: Write email to elected official. Step 2: Spend 15 minutes online determining to whom it should be sent. Step 3: Eat cheesecake to resolve any resulting frustration and confusion. Advocacy is an essential component of our political system. It is through advocacy that our elected officials learn of our concerns; without it, public…
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Kansas City’s startup scene just got a huge boost in the form of a four-bedroom house, the first property in a project called Homes for Hackers. Run by web developer Benjamin Barreth, Homes for Hackers plans to offer three months of rent-free housing to startups who move to Kansas City. And the city will soon…
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“Airport life” doesn’t conjure up the best of images: hard plastic chairs, TSA agents invading your personal space, and overpriced fast food. But Dan Stratman, a pilot and 23-year airline veteran, wants to make airport life a little more bearable. While waiting to check luggage, passengers can check his Airport Life app for baggage policies….
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In collaboration with our extraordinary Kansas City Ambassador, Betty Ann SantaMaria and DST Systems, Tech Cocktail hosted our inaugural Kansas City Mixer & Startup Showcase on Wednesday, October 17th, 2012 at Boulevard Brewing Company. At the event, we showcased some of Kansas City’s most interesting early stage startups and engaged with entrepreneurs, technophiles, and influencers within…
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