Tag: Silicon Prairie
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Google Fiber Ignites Kansas City Startup Scene
Mashable: Google Fiber Ignites Kansas City Startup Scene As Google continues to build its high-speed Google Fiber network in Kansas City, more startups are moving into the neighborhood to make the most of the new service. The first neighborhood to get Google Fiber, known on the map as Hanover Heights but locally as the Kansas…
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Tech’s New (Geographical) Frontier: ‘Silicon Prairie’
New York Times: Tech’s New (Geographical) Frontier: ‘Silicon Prairie’ … From here [Des Moines] to Omaha to Kansas City — a region known more for its barns than its bandwidth — a start-up tech scene is burgeoning. Dozens of new ventures are laying roots each year, investors are committing hundreds of millions of dollars to…