...organization in the region to attract the support of both the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Gates Foundation, said Alexander Sheppard, marketing and fund development coordinator. The funding organizations are... Read more
...city,” McPherson added. Similarly, fellow Allie Wooden, soon-to-be director of operations at Idle Smart, shares McPherson’s excitement for the city, she said. “KC is attractive for me because I have... Read more
...types of things.” “I love what they are doing in Kansas City and the whole Harris Park initiative,” Cooper added. “We’re really looking forward tapping into that and getting this... Read more
...neighbor might.” OHUB announced Wednesday its plans to launch a Kansas City campus in a public-private partnership with the Economic Development Corporation of Kansas City, Missouri. The KCUP initiative would... Read more
Fountain City Fintech’s plan was to put Kansas City on the map, Zach Anderson Pettet said. In the process, the community bank-backed accelerator earned attention in its own right, he... Read more
...Megan Darnell is the program manager over at Fountain City Fintech, helping develop the fintech ecosystem in Kansas City. Chad Feather is an analyst at KCRise Fund, helping develop the... Read more
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
