Editor’s note: KCultivators is a lighthearted profile series to highlight people who are meaningfully enriching Kansas City’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The KCultivator Series is sponsored by Plexpod, a progressive coworking platform... Read more
...Kansas City Chamber of Commerce and the Kansas City Area Development Council, which continue to support the initiative. Click here to read about the response to 2018 kickoff of Back2KC.... Read more
...pays off, says Women’s Capital Connection It isn’t necessarily because of Kansas City itself turning heads, said Thomson. “The company happens to be in Kansas City. Investors expect a return.... Read more
Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Regnier Institute, but was independently produced by Startland News. Sticky, intricate, and at times invisible, Terri Jordan’s startup... Read more
...could potentially aid a future Series A funding round for the presently bootstrapped Scollar, she added. Narbeli Galindo, Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City Beyond Scollar, Kansas City itself will... Read more
...outcomes point to a driving force behind the Midwestern startup scene: togetherness. “We are hard-working, dedicated smart people, and we are all in it to raise each other up,” Atkin... Read more
...is another example of how quickly a globally competitive tech business can be built in Kansas City,” said Ed Frindt, principal at KCRise Fund, one of Zego’s early Kansas City-based... Read more
...co-founder Davyeon Ross. Success from Blake’s previous venture, Brightergy, helped establish quick name recognition for Zego, which seeks to be a hub for smarter apartment living. The platform integrates smart... Read more
Nearly two years after it made its Kansas City debut, WeWork is delivering a measurable impact on the startup ecosystem, the company said Monday. Lesa Mitchell, Techstars Kansas City A... Read more
...movement. “We have a huge diversity of business opportunities,” said Rick Usher, KCMO assistant city manager for entrepreneurship and small business. Rick Usher, KCMO Usher is spearheading the city’s preparation... Read more
