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Weston Bergmann explains BetaBlox and its successful 2016 class

By Tommy Felts / June 21, 2016

Since launching it in 2012, BetaBlox founder Weston Bergmann has always been impressed by the caliber of firms entering his incubator. But this year, Bergmann said he was blown away by the firms presenting at BetaBlox Demo Day celebration Monday. “It’s kind of cliche to say this class is better than the last, but it’s true,”…

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Meet the BetaBlox startups ahead of Demo Day

By Tommy Felts / June 17, 2016

Kansas City-based accelerator BetaBlox is gearing up for its annual culminating event to highlight startups in its current class. Set for Monday, BetaBlox’s Demo Day offers a stage for its 10 startup firms to pitch their businesses to investors, area residents and fellow entrepreneurs. While also a showcase of its startups, BetaBlox hopes the Demo Day will engage…

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Regional Roundup

Regional Roundup: Chicago aims to be space travel hub

By Tommy Felts / June 17, 2016

In this week’s roundup of watercooler talk from the region’s startup hubs, we have the dish on one Chicagoan’s plan to make the city a hub for space travel, St. Louis’ booming innovation district and the update on Uber and Lyft’s Texas battle. Check out more in this series here. ChicagoInno: Chicago … a hub…

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Events Preview: BetaBlox Demo Day

By Tommy Felts / June 16, 2016

There are a boatload of entrepreneurial events hosted in Kansas City on a weekly basis. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, investor, supporter or curious Kansas Citian, we’d recommend these upcoming events for you. WEEKLY EVENT PREVIEW   KCedu and Lean Lab Meetup When: June 16 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Where: EduHub Join us as KCedu and…

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The Lean Lab

New batch of techies, educators to revamp learning with Lean Lab

By Tommy Felts / June 16, 2016

After recently announcing it would award $100,000 for education startups, the Lean Lab on Thursday unveiled the five entrepreneur teams that represent its third cohort. The non-profit for the first time opened its fellowship program to accept international teams, reaping it more than 50 applications — some from as far as Iran and Bulgaria, said…

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