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Nine Zero One Igloo Bar at The Fontaine Hotel

Nine Zero One Igloo Bar: KC’s hottest new nightspot offers an escape on ice (but the clock is ticking)

By Tommy Felts / December 28, 2020

The City of Fountains is frozen over atop The Fontaine Hotel, transformed into an aurora borealis-inspired vision of Scandinavian Iceland for a limited run pop-up — Nine Zero One Igloo Bar.  “This project has been over a year in the making,” explained Jenna Phillips, the hotel’s associate director of sales and marketing, quick to add…

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Eileen Bobowski, The Sewing Labs

Sewing Labs stitches expanded identity as social media influencer with SINGER partnership

By Tommy Felts / December 28, 2020

Editor’s note: This article is underwritten by Plexpod — a progressive coworking platform offering next generation workspace for entrepreneurs, startups, and growth-stage companies of all sizes — but was independently produced by Startland News. The art of sewing might have been forgotten by some, but it surely isn’t lost, Eileen Bobowski said as the SINGER Corporation needles…

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Tape Eater by Mixtape Monkey

Mixtape Monkey brings old school file sharing into 2021 with Tape Eater music app

By Tommy Felts / December 23, 2020

 Editor’s note: This article is underwritten by Plexpod — a progressive coworking platform offering next generation workspace for entrepreneurs, startups, and growth-stage companies of all sizes — but was independently produced by Startland News. Reviving the nostalgia of the early 2000s music industry, Mark Serrano designed an app where users can file share “mixtapes” straight from their…

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Tin Pan Cinnamon Rolls

December sellout: Father-of-four’s Tin Pan cinnamon-swirled creations deliver the treat you’ve been dreaming about

By Tommy Felts / December 23, 2020

It’s no easy task, but someone had to take it on, Dan Edwards said, mixing and pouring a picture of days spent in his home kitchen, baking up what could be the best cinnamon roll ever to rise in Kansas City. “I really couldn’t find a good cinnamon roll,” Edwards, founder of Tin Pan Cinnamon…

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Nick and Jess Phillips, Hyprcubd

Linking tech to humanity: Hyprcubd integrates collaboration among IoT community

By Tommy Felts / December 23, 2020

Editor’s note: This article is underwritten by Plexpod — a progressive coworking platform offering next generation workspace for entrepreneurs, startups, and growth-stage companies of all sizes — but was independently produced by Startland News. Building a company that solves real-world problems for tech founders isn’t easy — but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done, Jess Phillips said. …

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