Think Big Radio

February 8, 2013 will be the date for Kansas City’s first ever Startup Crawl, an event hosted by Red Nova Labs and Startup Village.  Listen as Derek from Think Big Radio goes in depth with Startup Crawl organizer, Carrie Royce (Red Nova Labs), to hear what this entrepreneurial event has to offer.  Learn about what to expect from Startup Crawl, why Startup Crawl is good for the city and what the event means for Kansas City entrepreneurs.

The most important aspect to becoming a successful entrepreneur is not educational credentials, but rather, ambition and the desire to be great. We have conducted a list of the top entrepreneurs who did not earn a college diploma. Others didn’t even finish high school.  Some didn’t even finish 4th grade!  In this episode of Think Big Radio, Derek and Allison sit down to discuss some of the most inspirational entrepreneurs of all time…all of whom are dropouts!

In this episode of Think Big Radio, Derek and Allison decided to switch things up and play a little game called Fill in the Blank with Two Entrepreneurs.  In this game, Derek and Allison ask one another intense, interesting and downright strange questions about entrepreneurship and startups.

What’s on your New Year’s Resolution list for 2013?  In this episode of Think Big Radio, Derek and Allison dive deep into what entrepreneurs should put on their New Year’s Resolution list…and how to actually stick to your resolution for more than 2 weeks!  Tune into this episode of Think Big Radio and learn the Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions for Entrepreneurs.

As an entrepreneur, are you struggling to determine what to put on your startup’s Christmas wishlist?  Or do you have an entrepreneur you need to buy a Christmas present for?  If so, this episode of Think Big Radio is for you!  We’ll spill the Top 10 Christmas Gifts to buy an entrepreneur this season—some of them may even surprise you (ever heard of a smartphone leash? We didn’t think so…).  Listen up, tune in, Think Big and have a happy holiday!

Startup Weekend is no easy hackathon to win—especially in a place like Kansas City where startup ideas and driven entrepreneurs are flocking in by the hundreds (if not thousands!).  This fall’s Kansas City Startup Weekend brought together some of the coolest startup ideas, the most hungry entrepreneurs and, of course, loads and loads of caffeine and high energy.

This year, Startup Weekend Kansas City crowned startup Wazoo as the winner.  Wazoo is a mobile application aimed at helping zoos provide a better experience for visitors.  The app features geolocation on a live map of zoo parks in order to help users navigate their way through zoos as well as real-time free featuring updates from other zoo-goers to help users stay in the know on what’s happening.

In this episode of Think Big Radio, Derek sits down with Kelly Tomlinson, founder Wazoo (and Kansas City-based UI designer) to learn about Wazoo’s Startup Weekend experience as well as what’s next for her new, “wild” app.

The Commitment Engine, the new book from John Jantsch at Duct Tape Marketing. On this episode of Think Big Radio our neighbor from down the street John Janstch stops by to talk about his new book The Commitment Engine. Host Derek Olsen and Mr. Janstch discuss why he felt the need to write on the subject of commitment. What is commitment and why is it so important to be committed to doing great work? Derek and John dig in to some of the key concepts in The Commitment Engine and John goes even deeper discussing how those concepts have a huge impact on a small business owner.

In this episode of Think Big Radio, Derek and Allison dive into something that many entrepreneurs want to know, but rarely ever get direct answers to.  It’s the Top 10 Things Startups Won’t Tell You.  Here at Think Big Partners, we want you to know what you’re in for when you decide to enter the world of entrepreneurship.  This episode will help you understand the aspects of entrepreneurship that many founders, CEOs and startups may not tell you about.  It’s the good, the bad and the ugly.

The Top 10 Things Startups Won’t Tell You:

1.  “Our business is just as likely to fail as it is to succeed.”

2.  “Sometimes, getting funding seems impossible.”

3.  “Stock in the startup is probably not going to happen…at least for a while.”

4.  “We change the investment rules.”

5.  “You probably don’t want to work for us.”

6.  “My parents invested money in my business.”

7.  “I don’t really have a life anymore…”

8.  “We hate our competitors.”

9.  “I’m terrified to share my idea.”

10.  “We have no clue what we’re doing.” 

 What can we say?  Think Big gets $*!@ done fast!  In the past few months, we have had a lot going on and we want to fill you in.  In this episode of Think Big Radio, podcast producer Derek Olsen sits down with partner at Think Big, Blake Miller and the two discuss an update from everyone’s favorite Kansas City incubator and accelerator. So what’s new with Think Big?  Tune into this episode of Think Big Radio and get the skinny on the following: 1. Think Big Ventures I and our two recent investments. 2. The first Think Big Accelerator class. 3. Success in the first two weeks of the Accelerator program from companies like Fully and Phone2Action. 4. Upcoming event: Microsoft’s Azure Cloud & Windows 8 App Kickstarts (a free event for developers). 5. bizperc coworking space buzz