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Edcoda founder after pivot to new edtech app Boddle: ‘I wish I had failed faster’

By Tommy Felts / May 4, 2018

Clarence Tan held onto his startup Edcoda longer than he should have, the founder admitted, but his pivot to a new edtech learning app, Boddle, should prove a more filling fit for users. “Boddle has a much better underlying vision and mission, as well as being better in terms of how it would work in…

New STEAM Studio ‘pop-up’ lab planned for Rockhurst library along Troost

By Tommy Felts / May 3, 2018

With its quiet atmosphere and stacks of source materials, the bottom floor of the Greenlease Library at Rockhurst University is a great place to study or do research. But it doesn’t necessarily strike one as a state-of-the-art design thinking and learning lab — yet. Starting this summer, that section of the university’s library will be…

City: Best way to avoid tickets in downtown KCMO, Crossroads? Pay via ParkMobile app

By Tommy Felts / May 2, 2018

Unsafe parking conditions in the city’s downtown business districts have spun out of control, prompting increased ticketing, said Matt Staub. The ParkMobile app can reduce such headaches for motorists searching for an open spot along busy Kansas City streets.  “People are kind of making up their own parking spaces, parking in ‘no-parking’ zones — all…

From cell phone emissions to wisdom teeth: KC STEM Alliance honors student innovators

By Tommy Felts / May 1, 2018

When the KC STEM Alliance brought together 377 students from 41 schools to showcase their senior capstone projects in engineering and biomedical sciences last week at Union Station, visitors were amazed at their ingenuity and creativity. Special guests included Vince Bertram, president and CEO of Project Lead The Way, and Mike Oister, CEO of the…

Fund Me, KC: Vegan founder hopes to build Plant Powered Community from KCK

By Tommy Felts / May 1, 2018

Editor’s note: Startland News is continuing its “Fund Me, KC” feature to highlight area entrepreneurial efforts to accelerate businesses or projects. If you or your startup is running a crowdfunding campaign, let us know by contacting news@startlandnews.com. Today’s featured campaign is from Kansas City, Kansas-based Plant Powered Community. Your name and title with the business?…