The founders of Think Big Partners toured the startup scene in Silicon Valley before they launched their Midwest business incubator and startup accelerator.  And although the Think Big team uncovered helpful tips during a tour of the Valley (like the impact of coworking spaces, the need for local funders and the importance of a tech culture), they seemed to learn one lesson that was much more impactful after returning back to their home of Kansas City:  You don’t need to be like Silicon Valley in order to get Silicon Valley-esque results.

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If bootstrapping, iterating or pivoting were physical, calorie-burning activities, entrepreneurs would be trim creatures indeed. But since startup founders are more likely to spend long hours at the office and eat chips over their keyboards, one serial entrepreneur has come up with an idea to help.

Herb Sih, a cofounder of Think Big Partners, noticed that the entrepreneurial lifestyle was taking its toll on his own waistline, so he decided to take action using social media. On April 1, he launched a healthy-living blog just for entrepreneurs called Startup Your Fitness that was designed to encourage his colleagues and peers at other startups to live a healthier lifestyle with diet and exercise.

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The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and Think Big Partners have launched the new website for Kansas City’s innovation and entrepreneur conference, now known as iKC.

iKC, formerly known as The Chamber’s Innovation Conference and Think Big Partners’ Think Big Kansas City, is a day-long conference that will be hosted by H&R Block. The mission of the conference is to foster innovation and creativity in Kansas City, help build the “City of Entrepreneurs”, and provide innovation and startup education for corporate creatives, KC businesses and entrepreneurs. The conference will take place on June 20th at the H&R Block World Headquarters in downtown Kansas City.

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Think Big Partners is accepting applications for its summer internship program now open to college students who are interested in working with an entrepreneurial organization during the summer of 2012.

Think Big Partners, a Kansas City-based startup accelerator and business incubator, was founded in 2008 with the mission of bringing entrepreneurial success to the Midwest, solving startup challenges across the nation and connecting all entrepreneurs, visionaries and innovators. As a progressive organization located in the Crossroads Arts District of Kansas City, Think Big Partners' services, annual conference, coworking space and resources help propel Midwestern entrepreneurs forward in their ventures.

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At a time of year when winter-weary travelers flock to sun-splashed beaches for spring break, 10 Midwestern startups are embarking on a coastal excursion of their own. But there won't be much of a break involved in this spring trip.

Think Big Partners, the Kansas City, Mo.-based startup accelerator and business incubator, is chaperoning its Think Big Field Trip today through Friday, taking 10 startups to pitch in front of investors at two different showcases in Silicon Valley.

The 10 startups participating in the Field Trip (with descriptions courtesy of a Think Big Partners press release) are: 

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