1 Million Cups

Kauffman Foundation offers $25K via ‘1 in a Million’ contest

Think your business is one in a million? The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is offering 1 Million Cups presenters from the last year a chance to snag some cash — and this year they’ve bumped up the prize to $25,000. In its second year, the 1 in a Million competition is open to any firm…

What do 1 Million Cups presenters reveal about KC’s entrepreneurial community?

Editor’s note: Opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone.  Every Wednesday morning in Kansas City and 91 other cities nationwide, one or two early-stage startups present a six-minute profile of their companies to a diverse audience, followed by 20 minutes of open Q&A. I recently reviewed 51 presentations delivered at 1 Million Cups…