The Pipeline entrepreneurial fellowship program has announced that Patrick Stoddart, Founder & CEO of Revdel (Kansas City, Mo.) will join the 2013 Class of Entrepreneurial Fellows.

Pipeline is an exclusive community of high-potential entrepreneurial leaders building high-growth companies throughout the Midwest Region. Each year, approximately a dozen new members representing the Region’s top entrepreneurial companies are invited to join Pipeline after an extensive selection process. New members from Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri participate in a unique and rigorous year-long business leadership development program focused on accelerating the growth of their companies. Pipeline blends workshop modules, advice from national experts and a deepening of the relationships among new and current Pipeline members.

“I’m absolutely thrilled to have been selected for Pipeline’s elite fellowship program,” said Patrick Stoddart, Founder and CEO of Revdel. “With such a rich network of mentors and advisors on both a regional and national level, Pipeline has proven its ability to accelerate high-growth startups. I can’t wait to build close relationships with other Pipeline members in the coming year and beyond.”

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PlanetReuse, a member of the bizperc coworking space here in Kansas City, among 12 other startup businesses, was awarded a $250,000 grant from Chase and LivingSocial earlier today.

Twelve small businesses from across the nation received $250,000 grants through Mission: Small Business, a program designed to increase awareness of the important role small businesses play in local communities. The grant program is supported by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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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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