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Kauffman Foundation selects familiar face as new CEO

By Tommy Felts / June 9, 2015

After a yearlong, nationwide search for a new CEO, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation wound up selecting one of its own. The Kansas City-based foundation selected Wendy Guillies as the Foundation’s new president and CEO. Guillies, who previously served as interim CEO and vice president of communications for the foundation, joined the organization in April…

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UMKC, Digital Sandbox KC partnership to maximize resources, create jobs

By Tommy Felts / June 4, 2015

The University of Missouri-Kansas City’s E-Scholars program has partnered with a business incubator program to provide resources and capital to student entrepreneurs. The program has partnered with Digital Sandbox KC to offer inroads to students to further develop their business projects with additional funding. “The UMKC Entrepreneurship Scholars program has a very specific goal –…

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KC coworking studios align to create cohesion, understanding

By Tommy Felts / May 22, 2015

A cadre of Kansas City coworking studio leaders are working together to bring awareness to their trade through a new alliance. Twelve organizations thus far have banded together to collectively raise their profiles to attract more businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals to use the array of coworking studios in Kansas City. “Coworking is really starting to…

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KC Digital Drive creates lab to test drive gigabit apps

By Tommy Felts / May 18, 2015

Ever since Google Fiber announced Kansas City as its first fiber project, techies across the nation have wondered how gigabit Internet will shape a new wave of innovation and how the city would tap its new infrastructure. And thanks to a new KC Digital Drive initiative, Kansas Citians may have an up-close look at the…

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New UMKC center to engage entrepreneurs, community

By Tommy Felts / May 15, 2015

The University of Missouri-Kansas City recently solidified funds to build an innovation center to serve a broader set of students and the Kansas City community. The $14.8-million Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center will feature a variety of resources for students and the larger business community, including a lab, rapid prototyping equipment, 3D printers and…

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