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Businesses are already claiming COVID-19 damages — Will insurance companies step up?

By Tommy Felts / April 15, 2020

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the authors’ alone. Travis Holt is CEO and co-founder of Brush Creek Partners, a risk management consulting firm and full service brokerage. [divide] The current coronavirus, COVID-19, has already had a significant impact on businesses and there is uncertainty about how long the impact will be…

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Sandy Kemper: How to solve the $16 trillion small business liquidity trap

By Tommy Felts / April 8, 2020

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the authors’ alone. Sandy Kemper is founder and CEO of C2FO. This open letter was originally published on LinkedIn and targeted to governments and central banks of the world. C2FO and the Kemper Family Foundation are financial supporters of Startland News and its parent organization, STARTLAND. [divide] Earlier…

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ESHIP Communities: Gabe Muñoz helping entrepreneurs navigate cultural barriers amid COVID-19

By Tommy Felts / April 6, 2020

Editor’s note: This story is sponsored and was produced by Forward Cities, a non-financial partner of Startland News and a national nonprofit that is managing the implementation of the ESHIP Communities program as a grantee of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Any opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author. [divide] Gabe Muñoz…

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Stimulus bill update: Additional SBA relief open to businesses impacted by COVID-19

By Tommy Felts / March 28, 2020

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the authors’ alone. Jessica Zeratsky and Kyle Gilster are partners at Husch Blackwell. This op-ed is sponsored by the Husch Blackwell law firm, which has offices in Kansas City and across the nation, and intended to provide additional insight into the just-signed federal stimulus bill in response…

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Firsthand from a founder: Applying for a SBA disaster loan? Come prepared with startup financials

By Tommy Felts / March 24, 2020

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Serial entrepreneur Bo Lais is the founder of Lula, co-founder of the KC Collective founder network, and a current fellow in Pipeline Entrepreneurs. This op-ed is part of Startland News’ ongoing coverage of the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Kansas City’s entrepreneur community,…

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