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
...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
...26 179 14.53% Kansas City 22 169 13.02% Omaha 15 112 13.39% Little Rock 8 73 10.96% Oklahoma City 6 74 8.11% * Registered startups is the number of companies... Read more
Kansas City witnessed one of its biggest startup successes in 2016 with EyeVerify’s massive exit. Stories like this bring Kansas City’s potential to the foreground. It validates that not only... Read more
...to host the program around the globe, Kansas City is the first city to launch ScaleUpU. “This program puts Kansas City on the map as a city that has resources... Read more
What a year it’s been for Kansas City startups. From exits and capital raises to awards and partnerships, the area’s early-stage firms have kept Startland News plenty busy in 2016.... Read more
...City’s future is approached. Bob Specht is a product manager at Think Big Partners. He also maintains FWD/KC and Next Kansas City for Kansas City’s startup and urban development communities.... Read more
Editor’s note: St. Louis-based magazine EQ invited Startland News to write a feature story about one of the Kansas City’s innovation districts, Kansas City Startup Village, on the heels of... Read more
...program paired city departments with seven local startups that tested their technologies with the city to create efficiencies. “It basically allows people inside city hall to see new technologies without... Read more
Startland News and the Kansas City Star have partnered to publish content as part of the Star’s special section, “Spirit.” This story will appear in the Star’s Dec. 18 Sunday... Read more
