Imagine this. It’s opening day at your quaint cafe and you hope Kansas Citians like your bagels. It turns out they do — a whole lot. So much in fact that the line spills out the door for the next few weeks, spurring demand that’s more than... Read more
There are a plethora of entrepreneurial events hosted in Kansas City on a weekly basis. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, investor, supporter, or curious community member — we recommend these upcoming events for you. Weekly Events Preview Startup... Read more
With inspiration from Clement Clarke Moore’s classic A Visit from St. Nicholas, Startland News wanted to take a creative crack at wishing our readers a merry Christmas and happy holidays. Hope you enjoy 🙂 T’was the night before Christmas when a... Read more
The top investment forum in the Midwest is hoping to garner more applications from fast-growing firms in the Kansas City area. Now in its 18th year, the InvestMidwest Venture Capital Forum hosts investors from around the world that hope to hear... Read more
Victor Hwang, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s vice president of entrepreneurship, recently took to LinkedIn to map out his vision for 2017 and beyond. In addition to making a series of new hires, Hwang outlined the four main areas of focu... Read more
The future of sustainable real estate development may be taking shape in Kansas City. The $60 million, 276-unit Second and Delaware project aims to not only be one of most environmentally conscious residential buildings but also a global example... Read more
Kansas City’s Sprint Accelerator recently joined a global group that will connect its startups to dozens of other accelerators around the world as well as a plethora of resources. The revamped Sprint Accelerator — which announced a new focus in... Read more
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on medium.com. Opinions expressed in the commentary are the author’s alone. With growth in our Kansas City startup community, questions continuously come of “what next?” What do we n... Read more
The KCRise Fund announced two investments in area firms Thursday to round out its 2016. Launched in February in conjunction with the KC Rising economic initiative, the KCRise Fund joined ongoing investment rounds in tech firms PEQ and Dunami. Ka... Read more
As we said goodbye to 2016, Tesla — along with many other Americans — faced an uncertain future in the Show Me State. When the clock struck midnight, the auto maker’s license to sell cars in Missouri expired. This prompted the firm to close its... Read more
