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Networking with water balloons? Startup Games returns to Liberty Memorial lawn
With its official kickoff Friday morning, 1Week KC is returning in 2017 with an event to challenge area professionals with a variety of yard games near the Liberty Memorial. Presented by area recreation league KC Crew, the Startup Games are a relay-type competition in which participants are randomly broken up into teams and separated from…
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Hayley Besheer always considered herself to be a passionate and empathetic person. But what she initially struggled with was to figure out how to best contribute those skills to the world. “If you bring positive energy into the world, then you get it back,” Besheer said. “When you bring trust to the table, you get…
Area ag tech firm TechAccel expands to St. Louis
TechAccel announced Thursday that it will expand to St. Louis, Mo., opening office space within the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, a nonprofit research center. Based in Mission, Kan., TechAccel is a venture and research firm that invests in advanced agriculture and animal health technologies. The development marks the first time the company has established…
TEDxKC announces a perspective-altering lineup for its summer event
Prepare to shift your perspective. One of the largest, independently-organized TEDx events in the world, TEDxKC has announced perspective-altering speakers for its summer event. With a theme of “perspective,” the ninth-annual TEDxKC is set for Aug. 18 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. Nearly 3,000 people attended TEDxKC in 2016 and, like years…