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By Kate Hodel

June 04, 2014

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Main Street , Networking , Startup

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Chamber Members Get Sneak Peek for 1WeekKC

Entrepreneurship in Kansas City will be front and center during 1WeekKC, June 9-15, 2014—and chamber members from across the metro got a sneak peek at the front lines.

Startup Village co-founder Adam Arredondo hosted the tours to help others tap into what's going on with startups and entrepreneurship in Kansas City. Chamber members visited with Mike Farmer of Leap.it; Stuart Ludlow of RFP365; and Aaron Sloup of Lantern.

You, too, can get up close and personal with the goings-on of Kansas City entrepreneurship. Check out the 1WeekKC calendar and register for your spots. And don’t be stingy. Grab a bunch.

Chamber members get an inside look at Startup Village

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