...the crowd a new initiative being led by the foundation called Zero Barriers to Startup. Hoping to buck the fact that startup rate is now roughly half what it was... Read more
...City’s burgeoning entrepreneurial community, citing the Kansas City Startup Village as an example. “Kansas City has a vibrant energy that evokes this ‘We’re all in this together’ feeling,” Derek Klaus,... Read more
...would require that Airbnb and HomeAway hosts in Kansas City, Mo. register and pay annual registration fees for short-term renting of their property, which is currently illegal. City officials said... Read more
...Lenexa-based Smart Warehousing and Kansas City-based Spring Venture Group, of which Coulson is founder and chairman. Five Elms focuses on investments of $3 to $30 million in business-to-business firms with... Read more
...from around the world to test various technologies on Kansas City’s smart city framework. Think Big’s Living Lab initiative will serve as the testing hub for entrepreneurs’ smart city ideas.... 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... Read more
A series of state budget cuts by Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens will directly impact Kansas City entrepreneurship. The sweeping $146.4 million rollback of the Show Me State’s budget will cut... Read more
...Virgin Mobile. Techstars Kansas City World traveler and entrepreneurial advocate Lesa Mitchell began in January as Techstars KC’s managing director. Mitchell is a Kansas City native but plans to use... Read more
...said Janice Wait, managing director of Mozilla Gigabit Community fund, Kansas City chapter. “Through these projects, we’re able to support growing ecosystem of education innovation in Kansas City.” In addition... Read more
Harvard University has recognized two Kansas City initiatives as semifinalists in the school’s Innovations in American Government Awards competition. Led by the City of Kansas City, Mo., the Community Improvement... Read more
