6 Designer Links

Business Support

Freelance Exchange of Kansas City — A professional trade organization of self-employed individuals in the advertising and marketing industry. edit
Think Big Partners — Think Big Partners is an early-stage business incubator, startup accelerator and mentorship-based collaborative network that takes ideas, opportunities and entrepreneurs and makes them big. edit

Ingenology — Launching in mid-march Ingenology is an entrepreneurial collaborative of creative-centric companies focused on creative, collaborative, change. edit

Fast Trac — FastTrac programs serve existing and aspiring entrepreneurs in non-academic environments. In addition, college students in their academic environment earn credit for completing courses using FastTrac materials. FastTrac has served more than 300,000 entrepreneurs since 1993. edit

Innovator of the Year Award — The day features a competition for the PIPELINE Innovator of the Year, gathering of the entire alumni and mentor community, discussions with national leaders around trends and strategies for entrepreneurs – and loads of high impact networking. edit
StartUp Weekend — Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. edit
iKC — Annual event for KC innovators, investors, and entrepreneurs hosted by the ThinkBIG Partners, the KC Chamber of Commerce, & H&R Block. edit

Geek Night — Alternating Mondays at Tannin's or Snow & Company, the best geeks in town converge weekly to drink, code, and enjoy each others company. edit
JoCo Co-working — Open coworking event at the Black Dog Coffeehouse for entrepreneurs & freelancers. edit
KC Video Game Developers — Open to anyone in the area who is interested in developing video games. Of course, it's all very informal. The main goal is interesting conversation(s) about our passion. edit
StartUp Beers — Get together at local watering holes with fellow entrepreneurs to share stores and ideas. edit
StartUp KC — Facebook group connecting those interested in creating a vibrant startup community in Kansas City. edit
Venture Fridays — Beer, ping pong, & free food with other Kansas City entrepreneurs as you network & watch topical presentations courtesy of Red Nova Labs. edit

Gadget Experts — Tech industry news, reviews, information. edit
Silicon Prairie — Silicon Prairie aims to be the source for news on our region's leading entrepreneurs and creatives edit
StartUp Digest — StartupDigest is the free email of the best resources to get more involved in the tech startup community. edit