Simon Kuo, LightThread's CEO, to speak at Highlight Midwest

Simon Kuo, LightThread CEO, will provide the keynote speech representing Kansas City businesses at the upcoming Highlight Midwest conference in Des Moines, Iowa. Conference participants include successful entrepreneurs from across the Midwest.
 
Oct. 20, 2009 - PRLog -- (Kansas City, Missouri) - Entrepreneurship, networking and the opportunity to collaborate will be three areas of focus for the second annual Highlight Midwest, scheduled for October 23, 2009 in Des Moines, Iowa.  Over 200 participants are expected for the conference.  Drawing from the four states of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska, this barcamp-themed meeting will feature some of the most innovative companies in the midwest demonstrating new applications and talking about technology and startups outside of the east and west coasts.   Simon Kuo, Ph.D., CEO of LightThread, LLC, a Kansas City-Crossroads area strategy, social media and web development company is scheduled to deliver one of three keynote addresses at the conference.  

"This meeting is one of the best I've attended as far as meeting other entrepreneurs in a setting that encourages future collaboration." said Dr. Kuo, "When starting a new business one of your greatest assets will be the partnerships you create with similarly-minded people.  I really valued the ideas that were generated from last year's sessions and I'm looking forward to this year's event."

Other companies featured in the day long conference include Dwolla, a web application that allows users to send and receive money, graffititracker, a system to track graffiti for law enforcement and whatthehashtag, the online wiki for Twitter hashtags.  Mike Draper, a longtime Iowa-based small business and startup advocate will be another featured speaker.  

About LightThread - LightThread, LLC, established in 2008, is a next generation strategy, interactive services and web development firm specializing in optimizing business performance and brand. Through the use of strategy, social media, technology and integrated marketing development, LightThread assists businesses in reaching the next level. For more information about LightThread, LLC please visit: http://www.lightthread.com

Contact: Lisa Qualls (816) 298-9913. email: lisa@lightthread.com

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