News

Local, artificial intelligence firms enter the Sprint Accelerator

By Tommy Felts / February 22, 2016

There’s a bit of local flavor in the latest class of startups to enter the Techstars-led Sprint Accelerator. Now hosting its third batch of startup companies, the accelerator welcomed ten new companies to its three-month program, including one from Kansas City and another from Lawrence. Super Dispatch, based in Kansas City, and Mycroft, based in…

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Locally-made drone designed to save servicemen, civilians’ lives

By Tommy Felts / February 19, 2016

An injured soldier is miles away from medical help, holed up in a countryside village. Reaching him by medevac helicopter isn’t an option and ground Humvee ambulance will take hours. The soldier doesn’t have hours. Usually, it’s a scenario that unfortunately results in death. But Pulse Aerospace, based in Lawrence, Kan., is working to change…

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Regional Roundup

Fighting the Silicon Valley monster and why startups leave the Midwest

By Tommy Felts / February 18, 2016

Here’s this week’s dish on the booming ed tech sector, how other communities can contend with Silicon Valley and the realities of startup relocation. Check out more in this series here. Biz News: How the rest of America can compete with Silicon Valley Silicon Valley is the “center of the new-business universe,” according to Dileep…

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Events Preview: DevFest, UMKC Career Accelerator

By Tommy Felts / February 18, 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     DevFest When: February 20 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Where: Jack Reardon Convention Center Attend for great content from…

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Former KC startup eyes nationwide education revamp with merger

By Tommy Felts / February 17, 2016

About a year after a move from Kansas City to St. Louis, education tech firm myEDmatch has merged with a nationwide teacher recruitment platform. Led by CEO Alicia Herald, myEDmatch will combine its platform connecting teachers and school job openings with St. Louis-based Teachers-Teachers, a firm that focuses on teacher recruitment. The new, yet-to-be-named entity…

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