Screw the Valley: Kansas City Edition

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Timothy Sprinkle. Screw the Valley: Kansas City Edition

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Dallas, Texas

But here’s the thing: Kansas City is a major American metro area that straddles two states and boasts a total population of more than two million people. And it’s growing. It is also home to a surprisingly deep technology community, thanks to its traditional strengths in telecommunications (Sprint), financial services (BATS and H&R Block) and satellite technology (Garmin). What’s more, the nonprofit Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is based in the city and is an international force in the promotion of entrepreneurship, funding a wide range of business development events and programs. Among its many initiatives (youth education is another focus), the Kauffman Foundation sponsors the startup resources site Entrepreneurship.org; the Kauffman FastTrac business development program; an online video education program; as well as 1 Million Cups, the entrepreneur coffee club series that is currently held weekly in more than 50 U.S. cities.

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