...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
...a department in the City of Kansas City, Mo. to not only identify new efficiencies but also offer the firm a chance to earn business with the city. Though in... 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
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
...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
