Profiles

Michael De Vincenzi, Peter McClung and Jeremey Charbonnet, The Jump

More social, less media: KC startup launching platform with no ads, algorithms or addiction

By Tommy Felts / September 24, 2020

As the Digital Age flourishes with hundreds of millions of people on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter and other social media platforms, Grandview-based The Jump hopes to change the culture behind news and user feeds. The pitch: Create a healthier, positive place online where people can bond over common interests and form authentic relationships, said Peter McClung. …

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Al Davis Memorial Torch, photo courtesy of Dimensional Innovations

Dimensional Innovations’ 93-foot Raiders stadium torch could be world’s tallest 3D-printed structure

By Tommy Felts / September 22, 2020

Kansas City burned brightly during “Monday Night Football” this week, sharing the spotlight as the Las Vegas Raiders notched an early season victory over the New Orleans Saints. Viewers watched Monday as the National Football League’s broadcast unveiled a closely-guarded secret: the completed Al Davis Memorial Torch — a 93-foot, 3D-printed structure built by Overland…

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Good Bitter Best

Fund Me, KC: Good Bitter Best hopes to mix cocktails with community, pivots to add virtual bartender

By Tommy Felts / September 22, 2020

Startland News is continuing its “Fund Me, KC” series to highlight area entrepreneurs’ efforts to accelerate their businesses. This is an opportunity for entrepreneurs — like Jennifer Agnew’s Good Bitter Best campaign — to share their crowdfunding stories to gain a little help from their supporters. Who are you? I am Jennifer Agnew, public school…

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Beating the boys club: Mother of three hits the mat with girls wrestling shoes

By Tommy Felts / September 17, 2020

Anything guys can do, girls and women just might be doing better, Deb North said.  “Our whole goal is to support girls in this process and build them up and be their cheerleaders,” North, founder of Yes! Athletics, explained of the social enterprise — which recently launched The Defiant 1 wrestling shoe, a breathable, lightweight, eco-friendly shoe…

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Leslie Scott, Re.Use.Full

‘Labor of love’: Leslie Scott’s decade-long mission to pair donors, nonprofits launches

By Tommy Felts / September 15, 2020

A years-long project to help non-profits connect with donors is now a reality — thanks in large part to a government-issued economic stimulus check.  “Because of my stimulus payment, I was able to actually pay a friend who’s a WordPress developer to do the site,” said Leslie Scott, non-profit advocate and founder of Re.Use.Full — a…

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