1. Creative Spaces, Creative Places.
Kansas City Startup Village
Past, Present, and Future
July 9, 2015

2. September 2012

3. On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Ben Barreth wrote:
Hey everyone!
Awesome job to everyone at the startup roundup a week ago!
FYI: I met with Matthew Marcus today. He just joined Adam
Arredondo as the CTO of Local Ruckus. Coincidentally, I've put
in an offer on a house in Hanover Heights (first to get Google
Fiber) just a few doors up from Matthew's house.
He's filling his house with 3 startups that will work out of there
full time: FormZapper, Local Ruckus and Leap2. Also I believe
EyeVerify is moving into the office space across the south side
of 45th street, literally about 100 yards south of Matthew's
house.
Why am I telling you all this? I really think this is going to be
a smoking hot little startup area in KC and I think it's going
to get some national attention focused on our city. What if
we worked together to make this happen? To get all the
startups in one concentrated area of high startup density and
just rocked KC!
Let me know your thoughts.
Ben Barreth

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2. The leaders must have a long-term
commitment.
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Our mission: Foster the education of entrepreneurs and increase the number
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sharing.
Our vision: Establish the KCSV as a hub of the Greater Kansas City startup
community and serve as an example and resource for other startup communities.
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