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Bardavon releases enhanced wearable sensors, easy-use app to prevent worker injuries

By Tommy Felts / June 6, 2024

New sensor technology from an Overland Park health tech and preventative safety startup is expected to simplify data collection and lessen the burden on workers wearing the devices. Bardavon this week announced significant enhancements to its injury prevention solution, Preventure, which includes next-generation wearable technology and a brand-new kiosk app designed to revolutionize workplace safety.…

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Another point for Utopia: Small businesses score cash prizes in Access to Money competition

By Tommy Felts / June 4, 2024

Patricia McCreary is on a mission to show that Kansas City leads the way on senior and disabled care, she shared. Winning the established business category of the SCORE Access to Money pitch competition puts her one step closer, McCreary added. She founded Margaret’s Place — an adult daycare, senior recreation and wellness center —…

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Want on stage at GEWKC? Organizers need your ideas for 2024 entrepreneur event series

By Tommy Felts / June 4, 2024

Kansas City’s business and entrepreneur community is invited to submit sessions for this fall’s Global Entrepreneurship Week-Kansas City, an interactive, community-driven educational experience organized by KCSourceLink. “Kansas City is gearing up for an even better Global Entrepreneurship Week in 2024,” said Callie England, director of GEWKC and marketing director at KCSourceLink, which has organized GEWKC…

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Black & Veatch IgniteX accelerator adds six startups focused on carbon dioxide removal

By Tommy Felts / June 4, 2024

An Overland Park-based corporate innovation hub is set to empower an international roster of startups involved in climate and decarbonization technology — just as news reports point to a  record spike in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and intensifying climate concerns. Six companies have been selected for the Black & Veatch IgniteX Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Accelerator,…

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CAPS Network selects first cohort for $951K initiative toward rural Kansas learning expansion

By Tommy Felts / June 4, 2024

A significant U.S. Department of Education grant is expected to serve as a catalyst for CAPS Network’s ambitious plan to expand profession-based learning in rural America, with a particular focus on its home state of Kansas. Seven rural partner communities already have been selected. The federal funding came after impactful advocacy from U.S. Jerry Moran,…

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KC Futures DAO aims to launch Kansas City’s first blockchain-driven innovation magnet

By Tommy Felts / May 31, 2024

As the US races to catch up to Europe, Asia and the developing world with regard to crypto, blockchain and Web3 tech, can the careful creation of talent-attracting digital hubs help close the distance? Today’s global economy — and its hyper-competitive talent market — rightly sees rapidly advancing technology as a relentless force, said Troy Carlson,…

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New summer pitch competition builds on KCMO capital programs’ early success; applications open now

By Tommy Felts / May 31, 2024

A new pitch competition is expected to give impactful small businesses and startups an opportunity to gain broader exposure and win cash prizes as the city’s KC BizCare Office expands capital programs supporting entrepreneurs in Kansas City, Missouri. In late July, five selected business leaders are set to pitch their ideas to about 50 judges,…

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Vytelle’s next expansion: A third IVF lab in Australia as startup scales reproductive solutions for beef, dairy farmers

By Tommy Felts / May 31, 2024

A Lenexa-based agtech company’s 21st lab space is planned for Melbourne, Australia, as the global leader in bovine in vitro fertilization works to revolutionize the industry and give farmers unparalleled access to hormone-free IVF. The state-of-the-art facility — set to open later this year — will be Vytelle’s third lab in Australia following the opening…

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‘Well, S***’ sign-maker and ‘native Cole Camp girl’ revitalizes rural downtown’s small business scene

By Tommy Felts / May 30, 2024

Editor’s note: The following story was produced through a paid partnership with MOSourceLink, which boasts a mission to help entrepreneurs and small businesses across the state of Missouri grow and succeed by providing free, easy access to the help they need — when they need it. COLE CAMP, Missouri — What started as a side…

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How two music lovers opened their Missouri community’s first record store and lounge

By Tommy Felts / May 30, 2024

Editor’s note: The following story was produced through a paid partnership with MOSourceLink, which boasts a mission to help entrepreneurs and small businesses across the state of Missouri grow and succeed by providing free, easy access to the help they need — when they need it. CAPE GIRARDEAU, Missouri — Spectrum Record Lounge is becoming a…

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