Mycroft co-founder Joshua Montgomery recently appealed to the 1 Million Cups community to launch Initiative Six to foster more early-stage investment in Kansas City. The opinions in the commentary are... Read more
...2012, Idle Smart is based in the Kansas City Startup Village and owns a patent on its smart thermostat tech. In July, Startland News named the company as one of... Read more
...that works with cities to engage citizens, helping them share ideas and stay informed of new initiatives. The company, however, now employs 35 people and recently moved its Kansas City... Read more
...Randy Watson said in a release. “The goal of this initiative is for every child to have the same opportunities when it comes to learning through technology. This is important... Read more
...Kansas City business ownership is higher than the city that is ranked No. 1 for entrepreneurial activity — Pittsburgh, Pa. — which reported 5.25 percent. Ranked No. 32 overall, St.... Read more
...tap a strong investment market while also bringing some capital back to the Kansas City area. The reason Silicon Valley investors tend to neglect the Midwest is because smart investors... Read more
Despite a politically divided metro and world, progress is happening in Kansas City, Kan. In 2014, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance rated the city as the 8th worst connected city... Read more
...processing technologies are making autonomous drones a reality and open competitions such as the UTM Drone Sense & Avoid competition are great venues to show the public just how smart... Read more
...help Kansas City commemorate its 2015 World Series win. To accomplish that, the company concocted Relay the Way, a 9.49-mile, citywide game of catch that started at Union Station and... Read more
...for “Most Entrepreneurial Community in America” — inspired by the Kansas City Chamber of Commerce’s 2012 Big 5 initiative — which is a goal that MECA Challenge founder Adam Arredondo... Read more
