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Saturday MRKT, Justin Ikerionwu, By Design magazine

Saturday MRKT invites creatives, makers to vibe in a space with vintage grocery store feel

By Tommy Felts / November 14, 2019

A crossroads for creative collisions is planned this weekend amid a celebration of street/pop culture, said Justin Ikerionwu. “[We want to] bring together the different members of the creative and entrepreneur community and through … conversations and overall just a great vibe, they can interact and form future collaborations,” said Ikerionwu, organizer of the Nov.…

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Laurel Edelman, Sickweather

Launch Health check-up: Sickweather uses accelerator to diagnose its startup progress

By Tommy Felts / November 14, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is part of a series of stories on the six cohort companies of the Launch Health Accelerator, powered by Nueterra Capital and sponsored by LaunchKC. Click here to read all the stories published in this series. Just because your company’s been around the block doesn’t mean you’re done learning, said Laurel…

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Sumeet Maniar, WellBrain

Launch Health check-up: WellBrain uses cohort to reduce its own pain points in fight against opioid epidemic

By Tommy Felts / November 14, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is part of a series of stories on the six cohort companies of the Launch Health Accelerator, powered by Nueterra Capital and sponsored by LaunchKC. Click here to read all the stories published in this series. Launch KC offers hands-on programs, designed with intention, Sumeet Maniar said.  “I’ve done startups before and…

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Bryan Azorsky, Tiki Bar T-Shirt Club

Tiki Bar T-Shirt Club revives now-closed beachy haunts, celebrates era of the side hustle  

By Tommy Felts / November 14, 2019

Tiki Bar culture is a quirky niche for a Kansas City-based side hustle, admitted Bryan Azorsky, but rapidly evolving online tools that eliminate middlemen help make such passions profitable and scalable. “I think the future is really people having more than one job in a way. They may have their main job and then they…

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Kaitlin Doyle, TheraWe Connect

Launch Health check-up: TheraWe Connect bridging gap between parents, pediatric therapy

By Tommy Felts / November 13, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is part of a series of stories on the six cohort companies of the Launch Health Accelerator, powered by Nueterra Capital and sponsored by LaunchKC. Click here to read all the stories published in this series. Opportunity unlocked, it’s full steam ahead for TheraWe Connect as the startup prepares to check out…

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