Budding family business: Serial cannabis entrepreneur pioneers microwave drying tech with his father
In Michael Wilson’s childhood, he recalled, the founder of multiple cannabis-related startups got into fights at school — then suspended — resulting in numerous car rides with his father as the elder Wilson ventured on sales trips. “From age 7 o... Read more
Inspired by life-or-death resiliency, RPG turns to take-home game rentals, crowdsourced investors
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How Stick Figure Bully’s simple lines and shapes rewrite one woman’s childhood trauma as a cautionary tale
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KCSourceLink to pandemic-prompted entrepreneurs: 8 no-cost, low-cost classes to help start a dream business
As Kansas Citians reel from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many are turning to entrepreneurship, reports ecosystem builder KCSourceLink, citing a 367 percent increase in the number of people who reported starting a business. The nonprofit, whic... Read more
UMKC’s top student entrepreneur has a not-so-secret play: Startups are a team sport
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$1M investment in new impact fund to boost minority and women-owned ventures in KC
A $1 million cash injection from The Sunderland Foundation will further efforts to bolster the only impact-oriented, opportunity zone fund focused entirely on Kansas City. equity2 Partners announced the investment Tuesday, marking a significant... Read more
No more band-aid solutions or pats on the back: How one firm connects companies, people with disabilities
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Editor’s note: This first-person student commentary — part of a two-part series by Halle Morrell of The Baker Orange — is sponsored and produced by Baker University. Located in Baldwin City, Kansas, Baker is building the next generations of lead... Read more
Kenzen finds capital in Kansas City as market for startup’s speciality wearables heats up
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Founders’ Lab aims to open access to the world of capital for underrepresented would-be startup, investment leaders
A pandemic-founded program has students leading the charge as a new generation of founders and venture capitalists rises together against the backdrop of an evolving and accessible Kansas City, Maggie Kenefake said. “With underrepresented found... Read more