Raised in the urban core of Kansas City, Roy Scott grew up idolizing gangster rap. Inspired by 90s hip-hop artists such as N.W.A. and Bell Biv DeVoe, he always hoped to become a famous rappe... Read more
Editor’s note: In partnership with the KC Greats podcast, hosted by Scott Parman, Startland News hopes to offer its audience more avenues to learn about entrepreneurs in Kansas City. Opinion... Read more
A Kansas City firm planning to transform the world with its artificial intelligence tech recently landed in a highly-esteemed startup accelerator in Silicon Valley. Mycroft announced Wednesd... Read more
ScaleUp Kansas City announced Thursday the 15 entrepreneurs that were selected to the program’s latest cohort. Since its launch in 2015, 62 local business owners have graduated from the four... Read more
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has added a new member to its high-caliber board of trustees. The foundation announced Thursday that Esther L. George — the current president and CEO of... Read more
One of the area’s top startups, finance tech firm Blooom has landed a significant round of financing to accelerate its online tool to boost users’ retirement savings. The firm announce... Read more
Animal tech firm FitBark is headed Down Under thanks to its landing of a big Australian partner. The Kansas City-based company announced that it’s partnered with PetSure, Australia’s l... Read more
Kansas City’s smart city creds are on the national stage. The National Institute of Standards and Technology selected Kansas City as the first city to host a national conference that encoura... Read more
A trio of celebrities were briefly among the sales staff for a surging fitness tech firm in Kansas City. In a recent episode of NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice, musician Boy George, basketball ha... Read more
Along with dozens of participating companies around the metro area, KCSourceLink is gearing up for its 2017’s Battle of the Brands competition. Battle of the Brands is a bracket-style compet... Read more
