Rack your brain and create a list of local tech businesses that have successfully raised early-stage capital in Kansas City. The list is actually quite extensive. Now try to list the tech fi... Read more
Whether openly acknowledged or silently understood, there is a growing awareness in the education community that students are not prepared for the 21st century workforce. Millennials nearly... Read more
In my early days as an entrepreneur, I ran into a lot of consultants who claimed to be “experts” and guaranteed they could help me out. Then I’d do some fact-checking and discover they were... Read more
Editor’s note: Kansas City is mulling regulations that would affect the operations of more than 300 “home-sharing” properties in the area. The proposed regulations would im... Read more
Editor’s note: The following letter was submitted to Startland News by Zach Pettet, a recent graduate of the University of Kansas City-Missouri, in response to a recent conversation on stud... Read more
I recently wrote about the importance of building a close relationship with a champion of your company. Sylvia Ann Hewlett, author of Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor, notes that “women have... Read more
Editor’s note: The following piece was inspired by recent news that Acre Designs, a startup that launched in Kansas City, will be relocating to San Francisco after facing a tepid, area... Read more
You know the feeling when you find $20 in your pocket that you forgot was there? Or have you seen the late-night infomercials about all the “found money” just sitting around waiting for you... Read more
Editor’s note: Net-zero home-building startup Acre Designs, which found its start in Kansas City, recently entered the world’s best business accelerator program: Y Combinator. After fa... Read more
When Google and Intel first released their employment statistics in 2014, the topic of diversity was nowhere as elevated as it is today in corporate circles. Silicon Valley and its many comp... Read more