In October 2011, Google senior vice president David Drummond said that the company is considering a potential fiber network project in a European country. But, back in the States, the first Google fiber project is still underway in Kansas City, Kansas.

You might ordinarily care only about Kansas City when the word following it is "barbecue," but any self-respecting IT professional (read: geek) wants to know about getting the fastest possible networking.

The Google fiber network means good things for Kansas City businesses, sure. But the Kansas City experiment can also help your business prepare for the speedy new technology. Several dozen Kansas City community members have joined forces to help the city, its businesses and organizations, and citizens prepare for the new city-wide infrastructure. By working together, they plan to make the most of the fiber network, while also laying a roadmap for other communities to follow.

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KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI (KCUR) - From spiritual leaders to bloggers, nearly 100 people attended Gigabit City: One Thousand and One Uses for Google Fiber in KC Nov. 10 at the downtown public library. They were there to discuss ideas for what Google Fiber could mean to Kansas City. After a prior brainstorming session, ideas were compiled into Building the Gigabit City, a 126-page report.

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Think Big Partners, a Kansas City-based business incubator and early-stage startup accelerator announced the "Gigabit Challenge" awarding more than $200,000 in cash and services. The competition is designed to find and support startup entrepreneurs, early-stage businesses and existing growth companies that will make use of the Google Fiber project, the first-in-the-nation one-gigabit network. Applications will be accepted beginning today (October 3) until October 31. Finalists will be announced on November 15. Click here for official rules and how to enter the challenge.

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Kansas City, MO-KS (1888PressRelease) November 08, 2011 - The Gigabit Challenge (http://www.gigabitchallenge.com), a global business plan competition looking for entrepreneurial ideas to disrupt on the Google Fiber network, has announced the initial members of its Advisory Board and Judging Panel. The Advisory Board members will provide their extensive knowledge, expertise, and seasoned experience advising The Gigabit Challenge on how to run the best business plan competition possible.

The initial Advisory Board members for The Gigabit Challenge are:

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The lure of being one's own boss — of buying or building a business — bobs enticingly for workers weary of repeated downsizings and job insecurity.

But it's much easier to dream about entrepreneurship than do it, especially for those who've spent their lives as employees.

"About 90 to 95 percent of buyers who say they want to buy a business are tire kickers," said Al Kedora, a business broker and president of Business Strategies Inc. in Overland Park. "Most will look for one or two years, and then don't buy anything for a host of reasons."

Those reasons include aversion to risk, lack of capital, and inability to mesh their experience, talent and interest with what the market needs.

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