big kansas city - disruption as a public service
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“The app proposes a new kind of more productive communication between the two groups that moves past angry and frustrated citizens on one end, and a paralyzed city on the other.”-Fast Company Exist
2011
Give it time.
“I’m Coding for America because I believe that interfaces to government can be simple, beautiful, and easy to use.”
- Scott Silverman, 2011 Fellow
2012
Startups.
Traditional Town Halls
Textizen: Engaging Citizens
Textizen: Citizen Feedback
200+ Interested Groups
Government IT Market
• Comparatively, the government IT market is the largest technology market
• Over 50x bigger than iPhone apps
• Over 10x bigger than the video games industry
• Largely undisrupted, held by old vendors
• Governments want a change
2013 Incubator Companies
Inaugural Civic Startups
2013
Getting really real.
“We are left alone with our day…
And time is short.”- WH Auden
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