Profiles

Embracing the chaos, LaborChart soothes the calamity of construction

By Tommy Felts / October 13, 2016

Editor’s note: This content is sponsored by LaunchKC but independently produced by Startland News. Entrepreneurship is often attractive to personalities that don’t mind dealing with uncertainty. And though Ben Schultz never envisioned himself an entrepreneur, his experience as an electrical contractor forced him to embrace a myriad of unknowns in the construction industry. “Construction is…

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New regulations yield opportunity for animal feed tech startup

By Tommy Felts / October 11, 2016

Editor’s note: This content is sponsored by LaunchKC but independently produced by Startland News. Growing up, Gretchen Henry’s family farmed cotton in Southeast Missouri. Although most are familiar with the white, pillowy substance we find in our clothes, use to wash our face or clean our ears, animals also eat it. Livestock feed features many…

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Medical device startup Forest Devices finds local fit with stroke detection tech

By Tommy Felts / October 6, 2016

Editor’s note: This content is sponsored by LaunchKC but independently produced by Startland News.   Everyone who goes into medicine is motivated, in part, by their desire to reduce pain and suffering. That desire is what pushed Matt Kesinger to go to medical school. In 2009, Kesinger worked as an emergency medical technician in Boston.…

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Mobility Designed tackles a demand unaddressed since the Civil War

By Tommy Felts / October 4, 2016

Editor’s note: This content is sponsored by LaunchKC but independently produced by Startland News.   Some technologies are slow to innovate. And crutches — which haven’t changed much since the U.S. Civil War — are a prime example. “They’ve pretty much been the same for decades,” said Liliana Younger, CEO of Mobility Designed. “Although there…

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Meet Kansas City’s ‘data experts in coffee,’ PerfectCube

By Tommy Felts / September 29, 2016

Editor’s note: This content is sponsored by LaunchKC but independently produced by Startland News. Kansas City’s flourishing independent coffee roaster market has brewed opportunity for a duo of entrepreneurs. Mark Calhoun and Jim Starcev co-founded the big data platform PerfectCube in 2015. And although the platform is a viable analytics solution for any retailer, the…

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