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Fund Me, KC: Good Bitter Best hopes to mix cocktails with community, pivots to add virtual bartender

By Tommy Felts / September 22, 2020

Startland News is continuing its “Fund Me, KC” series to highlight area entrepreneurs’ efforts to accelerate their businesses. This is an opportunity for entrepreneurs — like Jennifer Agnew’s Good Bitter Best campaign — to share their crowdfunding stories to gain a little help from their supporters. Who are you? I am Jennifer Agnew, public school…

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Shelley Cooper, SureShow, Diversity Telehealth

How Shelley Cooper hopes to turn her telehealth remedy into an appointment for ‘Unicornville’

By Tommy Felts / September 22, 2020

No shows mean no dough — but SureShow means cash flow, Dr. Shelley Cooper rhymed, laughing. “I’m supposed to be really professional and that sounds kind of goofy, but you know, if it makes people remember … ” joked Cooper, founder of SureShow by Diversity Telehealth, in a rare moment of downtime as she prepared for…

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Tonderai Kambarami, Merwan Abdelmajeed and Cameron Knight, Air Traffic Awareness

Cash in the tank: Meet 8 tech startups vying for on-the-spot funding at Pure Pitch Rally

By Tommy Felts / September 22, 2020

From gig economy and healthcare companies to startups attacking supply chain concerns, the solutions to today’s challenges come from Kansas City’s up-and-coming innovators, said Karen Fenaroli, announcing the eight competitors for this fall’s Pure Pitch Rally. “We could not be more excited for the diversity of ideas, industries and experience represented in this year’s cohort…

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Aaron Fulk and Les Brown, “Live with Les Brown and Aaron Fulk”

Hope gives you power: How a LinkedIn Live duo is dismantling negativity on social media

By Tommy Felts / September 21, 2020

Success was no surprise for motivational speaker Les Brown, whose daily Facebook and LinkedIn Live show reaches more than a million weekly views — with help from a colorful Kansas City personality known for her social media prowess.  “How people live their lives is a result of the story they believe about themselves; what we…

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‘Work-life’ comes to the office: KC design firm offers teacher, space for students as an employee benefit

By Tommy Felts / September 21, 2020

Juggling Zoom meetings and remote work is difficult enough for single adults — let alone parents trying to manage the ins and outs of their kids’ virtual school routines during COVID-19 shutdowns and restrictions, said Melissa Nickel.  “I do not want my children just to survive, I want them to thrive,” Nickel, operations lead at Engenious…

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