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Kansas City milkman Matt Shatto launches new ag tech company

By Tommy Felts / February 16, 2017

Matt Shatto — co-founder of the the popular Kansas City dairy Shatto Milk Company — is trailblazing new sustainable tech to help farmers reap more crops and reduce costs.  Launched in 2016, Kansas City-based TerraManus Technologies created a patented device that helps farmers better manage soil and allocate water resources. The “TerraStar Disk” looks like a plastic…

Google Fiber losing ‘hundreds’ of employees but continues KC expansion

By Tommy Felts / February 15, 2017

Google Fiber is reportedly trimming its employee count after announcing its new CEO. Business Insider reports that months after its former CEO Craig Barratt resigned, Google Fiber has hired Gregory McCray as the new leader of Access, the division of Google’s parent company Alphabet that includes Google Fiber. The gigabit provider also will lose “hundreds”…

Urban TEC is building a more diverse STEM workforce

By Tommy Felts / February 15, 2017

Despite a U.S. tech workforce that’s grown more than 80 percent in the last 20 years, less than one percent of black women are employed in STEM careers. As a black women in technology herself, Ina Montgomery took this statistic as a call to action to empower black women. “You’re going to need have a…

Kansas City Airbnb hosts may face fees with proposed rules

By Tommy Felts / February 14, 2017

One year after a public meeting to cull input on “short-term stay” rules in Kansas City, officials have released a proposed ordinance on how Airbnb hosts can operate. The proposal would require that Airbnb and HomeAway hosts in Kansas City, Mo. register and pay annual registration fees for short-term renting of their property, which is…

Events Preview: DevFest, Innovation Exchange

By Tommy Felts / February 14, 2017

There are a plethora of entrepreneurial events hosted in Kansas City on a weekly basis. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, investor, supporter, or curious community member — we recommend these upcoming events for you. The Marketing Series: Maximizing the ROI of Social Ads When: Feb. 15, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Where: Sprint Accelerator The Marketing Series…