Opinion

Schukman: 5 reasons why KC is the capital of social entrepreneurship

By Tommy Felts / May 18, 2015

Take a walk in Kansas City’s startup scene and you’ll quickly hear something about KC’s devotion to becoming America’s most entrepreneurial city. This mantra is on everyone’s lips, from city leaders to corporate tycoons to scrappy startup founders. It’s amazing that in five years our city has created such clarity of purpose that millenials populating…

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C2FO CEO Sandy Kemper talks failure, VCs, maximizing time

By Tommy Felts / May 14, 2015

From a Kansas City arena to the founders of one of the nation’s largest financial institutions, the Kemper name is well known in Kansas City. But it’s more than just Sandy Kemper’s name that drew a sold out crowd at Kansas City’s May Startup Grind event. Kemper leads one of Kansas City’s fastest growing companies…

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Think hiring: Employees vs. contractors

By Tommy Felts / May 14, 2015

In this Think column, Venture Legal founder Chris Brown explores the dynamics a growing company faces when it needs to hire an extra set of hands. The Think column helps entrepreneurs to stop and think about the various aspects of starting and running a business. Read ThinkViral President Anne Cull’s introduction to the series here.  You’ve started a company, closed…

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ThinkViral founder: Reflection a key to achieve success

By Tommy Felts / May 7, 2015

Welcome to the ‘Think’ column, a series aimed at helping entrepreneurs stop and think about the various aspects of starting and running a business. This week, ThinkViral President Anne Cull introduces the column and emphasizes why pointed reflection on lessons learned is central to a successful business strategy. ThinkViral is a full service social media…

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Founder of defunct Symptomly shares lessons from failure

By Tommy Felts / May 7, 2015

Failure is a touchy subject. But for Derek Bereit — the former CEO and co-founder of mobile asthma tracking company Symptomly — his company’s failure was an opportunity shrouded in a difficult situation. Rather than sulking, Bereit sat down with Startland News to discuss Symptomly’s demise, the lessons it provided him and the possibilities that…

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