Who’s leading the nation’s charge in entrepreneurship? Silicon Valley? New York City? Nope, says Sarah Snyder of bizperc: Kansas City.

A seemingly surprising candidate for the role, the self-proclaimed City of Entrepreneurs is making no secret of its intentions to become a top source of innovation and economic growth in the U.S.

We had the opportunity to chat with Sarah to learn more about how she and her community at bizperc are leading the entrepreneurship charge — in KC and beyond.

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After 54 hours of intense collaboration, Web design, development, brainstorming — and vats of coffee — successful teams at Startup Weekend Kansas City faced some of the same challenges other aspiring technology companies encounter.

The would-be entrepreneurs with lofty ideas had to wake up the next day and go back to their regular day jobs.

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After 54 hours of intense collaboration, Web design, development, brainstorming — and vats of coffee — successful teams at Startup Weekend Kansas City faced some of the same challenges other aspiring technology companies encounter.

The would-be entrepreneurs with lofty ideas had to wake up the next day and go back to their regular day jobs.

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Nathan Benjamin and Willow Lundgren are on to something. Merging modern technology with a goal of reusing reclaimed building materials. Planet Reuse is creating an online catalog that connects the salvager with the builder while avoiding the landfill.

Make reclaimed material reuse easier and more people will do it. This simple but revolutionary goal drove the founders of PlanetReuse to create a new kind of company in 2008. Frustrated by the time and resources it took to track down salvaged materials for their own commercial projects, they took an entrepreneurial leap to uncover a solution for the building industry as a whole.

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Herb Sih of Think Big Partners joined Derek Olsen of Beatnik Radio to discuss how he and his Partners at Think Big couldn't find the co-working space they wanted, so they created it.  Bizperc was the result, and the story behind the space is wonderful.  Incubating Ideas, Opportunities and Entrepreneurs at Bizperc.

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