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Deadlines approach for BetaBlox, EY awards; LaunchKC opening soon

By Tommy Felts / February 28, 2017

Kansas City abounds with growth opportunities for startups and entrepreneurs — sometimes the trick is just finding them. To that end, here are a variety of opportunities for founders and supporters of Kansas City’s entrepreneurial ecosystem whose deadlines are approaching. Thanks to our friends at KCSourceLink for aggregating these opportunities! BetaBlox Deadline: March 1 Kansas City-based accelerator…

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Cowork Lee’s Summit to revamp old post office for entrepreneurs

By Tommy Felts / February 17, 2017

Lee’s Summit is set to receive a large, new coworking space to serve as the city’s entrepreneurial hub. The founder of Community Buying Group, Ben Rao said he will soon close on purchasing the old Lee’s Summit Post Office to convert it into a 13,000 square-foot coworking space named Cowork Lee’s Summit. Without any nearby…

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K-State LAB offering Kansas startups free growth resources

By Tommy Felts / February 17, 2017

A Kansas State University business development program is awarding more than $100,000 in grants to Kansas startups. Through K-State LAB  — which stands for “launching a business” — participants will receive business lessons, face-to-face mentoring and access to market research. Launched in 2014, the program aims to connect entrepreneurs with the right people so that they…

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Urban TEC is building a more diverse STEM workforce

By Tommy Felts / February 15, 2017

Despite a U.S. tech workforce that’s grown more than 80 percent in the last 20 years, less than one percent of black women are employed in STEM careers. As a black women in technology herself, Ina Montgomery took this statistic as a call to action to empower black women. “You’re going to need have a…

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15 local companies selected for latest ScaleUP cohort

By Tommy Felts / February 9, 2017

ScaleUp Kansas City announced Thursday the 15 entrepreneurs that were selected to the program’s latest cohort. Since its launch in 2015, 62 local business owners have graduated from the four-month program, which offers immersive training for companies looking to scale. “ScaleUP! KC has been — and continues to be — such a critical program for…

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