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Look inside: Fishtech Group opens its $10M+ Cyber Defense Center in Martin City

By Tommy Felts / May 6, 2019

Fishtech Group is making a splash within the cyber security industry, showcasing its cloud-era capabilities in a new Cyber Defense Center that sits behind the gates of Fishtech’s sprawling Martin City campus, said Gary Fish. “I’ve been doing security since before it was cool,” said Fish, founder and CEO of Fishtech, as well as an…

Elite investors at exclusive CEO retreat: Don’t waste time; sell us on your billion-dollar idea

By Tommy Felts / May 3, 2019

Trying to land the backing of a venture capital firm? Throw your pitch deck out the window, Chris Olsen advised a select group of Kansas City CEOs. “A lot of times founders will come and give us their pitch and they’ll start going through it and [they’re telling us] they’re profitable in 18-months. And we’ll…

Hyped from high school: Blue Valley teens among startup cash winners at K-State challenge

By Tommy Felts / May 3, 2019

Four Overland Park high school students have landed cash infusions totaling more than $7,000 for their ongoing startup ventures. Local winners of the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge — supported by Network KS, sponsored by the Kansas Masonic Foundation, and hosted by Kansas State University — included: Drone Estate founders Austin Jones and Hunter Vasquez, Blue Valley West…

‘More is better’ TrueAccord CEO says as Silicon Valley startup plans for 150 KC jobs

By Tommy Felts / May 3, 2019

TrueAccord is “furiously hiring” to jumpstart the San Francisco-based startup’s intense expansion plan now supplemented by a growing Lenexa office, said Ohad Samet. “We’ve been very successful [in Silicon Valley], but at some point we realized that we really needed to blow up,” said Samet, co-founder and CEO of the debt recovery startup, which recently…

Blade & Timber opening new axe-throwing experience at Power & Light in late summer

By Tommy Felts / May 3, 2019

Blade & Timber hopes to stick its cutting-edge axe-throwing concept in the bullseye of Kansas City entertainment, opening a new 11-lane facility in the Power & Light District by the end of the summer. “We are excited to continue growing our brand nationally, while staying true to our roots,” said Ryan Henrich, co-founder of Blade…