Profiles

Ai Connect platform by Abbacore

No code needed: OP software startup’s app-building platform targets businesses big and small

By Tommy Felts / December 30, 2020

Building an app from scratch is a costly and time-consuming project, said Shawn Black, the co-founder of Abbacore — an Overland Park computer software company that specializes in helping consumers collect and share data through its own app, Ai Connect. “Customers that need a specific solution — instead of spending months on the development table…

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Rob Magee, Q39; Photo courtesy of Q39

Q39 savors doubled sales as barbecue-craving Kansas City drives pandemic survival to-go

By Tommy Felts / December 28, 2020

Kansas City’s restaurant scene will come roaring back in 2021, predicted Rob Magee, serving up a look back at Q39’s wildest year in business and offering his take on what’s made the fast-casual barbecue joint so popular with customers.  “We’re going to get through this pandemic. Kansas City will rise right back up to the…

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Jack Stack Barbecue

KC’s favorite BBQ: Interest in these 10 restaurants surged with curbside curiosity, Lelex Prime says

By Tommy Felts / December 28, 2020

Editor’s note: The following report was produced with analytical support from Lelex Prime, a non-financial, content partner of Startland News. Kansas Citians had impressive appetites in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Brendan Reilly said, downloading a massive haul of Lelex Prime-collected data that analyzed trends in one of the metro’s favorite categories — barbecue. …

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Eileen Bobowski, The Sewing Labs

Sewing Labs stitches expanded identity as social media influencer with SINGER partnership

By Tommy Felts / December 28, 2020

Editor’s note: This article is underwritten by Plexpod — a progressive coworking platform offering next generation workspace for entrepreneurs, startups, and growth-stage companies of all sizes — but was independently produced by Startland News. The art of sewing might have been forgotten by some, but it surely isn’t lost, Eileen Bobowski said as the SINGER Corporation needles…

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Tape Eater by Mixtape Monkey

Mixtape Monkey brings old school file sharing into 2021 with Tape Eater music app

By Tommy Felts / December 23, 2020

 Editor’s note: This article is underwritten by Plexpod — a progressive coworking platform offering next generation workspace for entrepreneurs, startups, and growth-stage companies of all sizes — but was independently produced by Startland News. Reviving the nostalgia of the early 2000s music industry, Mark Serrano designed an app where users can file share “mixtapes” straight from their…

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