Last night, Silicon Prairie News made a splash within the Kansas City technology community when it announced that it would expand its highly successful Big Omaha, Big Des Moines to include Big Kansas City!  This inaugural event will take place March 26-28 and feature some of the brightest entrepreneurial speakers around.  1102 GRAND urges any Kansas City technology professional and all entrepreneurs to sign up to attend this great event.

In addition to announcing Big Kansas City, Silicon Prairie News announced that Michael Stacy and Regan Carrizales will be relocating to Kansas City to represent Silicon Prairie News.  Stacy, a Kansas City native has covered the Midwest region since 2011 and we look forward to having him local.

Please visit www.bigkansascity.com to register today!

Check out this article by Jeff Slobotski on Silicon Prairie News’ announcement on Big Kansas City.

We’re going big! 

We have very exciting news to share with the Silicon Prairie community. But before we get into the news, I’d like to take a few moments to reflect on how we got to where we are today.

If you rewind four years and five months, you arrive at the point when Silicon Prairie News went from an idea – something I thought I would hack away on during my free time – to a website and brand, launched with the help of another entrepreneur.

Through interviews, meetups, coffees, pitch sessions and other activities, the community embraced the idea, and together we built something I believe is truly amazing. The activity in the region now is the start of something great.

One component that strengthens our community is the regular events and activities that bring people together. I’ve always said it’s not about the size of the events but, rather, about making sure we have as many of the right folks in the room as possible.

In 2009, that was one of the goals of Big Omaha, a conference that featured speakers Gary Vaynerchuk and Jason Fried (right) and a half-dozen more entrepreneurs and innovators. Our aim was to give attendees a “kick in the pants,” to inspire them to follow their passion and start the business they love.

In turn, our attendees gave us a “kick in the pants.” Enthusiasm for Big Omaha its first few years led us to launch a similar event in Des Moines in 2011. And in 2013, we’ll be doing the same in Kansas City.

We’re thrilled to reveal that Big Kansas City, our inaugural Kansas City event, will take place March 26-28.

Our goal in Kansas City is to continue delivering the experience you have come to expect from each of our previous events. We’re excited to have Big Kansas City join Big Omaha and Big Des Moines (our new name for Thinc Iowa) as the first events of our Big Series.

The Big Series 2013

Big Kansas City – March 26-28

Big Omaha – May 8-10

Big Des Moines – October 2013

Each event follows our familiar format – more than a dozen entrepreneurial speakers over two and a half days – but accentuates the unique culture, people and venues of its host city.

We launched a website Tuesday with more details and – for those of you anxious to join us in March – put discounted tickets on sale for a limited time. Visit bigkansascity.co to secure your spot today!