What is Big Kansas
City?
The
conference will span three days in Hangar 9 (also known as the National Airline
History Museum) at Kansas City’s Charles Wheeler Downtown Airport, ending on
Thursday, March 28. Hosted by Silicon Prairie News, the event provides a space
for everyday people to converge with entrepreneurs, inventors, innovators,
investors and to hear talks from special guests.
Who will be at Big
Kansas City?
Special
guests include:
- Scott Harrison: founder and CEO of charity:water, a nonprofit providing more than a million people with clean water
- Alexis Ohanian: co-founder of social news site/taste-making powerhouse Reddit
- Dan Martell: founder and CEO of Clarity, a 7,000+ community of entrepreneurs offering phone mentorships to entrepreneurs around the world;
- Michael Baldwin: CEO and chief community caretaker of Graphic.ly, a digital comics marketplace
- Bo Fishback: founder and CEO of Zaarly, a proximity based, real-time buyer powered market (built right here in Kansas City)
- And many, many others!
Why should I go?
Dusty
Davidson, co-founder and CEO of Silicon Prairie News, said of the event,
“We think that the importance of
Big Kansas City lies in bringing the entrepreneurs and the investors and these
creative folks that we’ve met in and around Kansas City and the region for two
days of high energy and exciting talks, interactions, mingling, and all the
things that come out of Big events that we’ve done in the past.”
This
is a unique opportunity for entrepreneurs and startups enthusiasts alike – a
chance to hear some of the nation’s most innovative leaders, to network with
other entrepreneurs, and to support the Kansas City startup community.
Jeff
Slobotski, co-founder and Chief Community Builder of Silicon Prairie News, says,
“I think Big Kansas City is
important because of the fact that it brings together so many players in the
space. So you have the entrepreneurs interacting and talking with the investors,
who are learning from the mentors or other serial entrepreneurs that are
there.”
The
event is open to the public, but tickets must be purchased for entry. Tickets
may be purchased through the conference’s Eventbrite page, and a variety of purchase
options are available. To interact with
Big Kansas City, follow @BigKansasCity.
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