Startups

Angel Competition Bikinis

Sisters flex startup strength with well-toned, high-performance Angel Competition Bikinis

By Tommy Felts / December 19, 2019

Bold women are a force to be reckoned with, declared Karah Jones, and they should never feel the need to hide who they are.  “Sometimes in this world it’s frowned upon for a female to be confident,” Jones, co-founder and CEO of Angel Competition Bikinis, said of her motivations for launching the Lenexa company —…

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Josh Oeding, Accelerate Venture Partners

Startup Road Trip: Venture, innovation scenes rapidly growing in Kansas City’s ‘backyard’

By Tommy Felts / December 19, 2019

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro. This series is possible thanks to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which leads a collaborative, nationwide effort to identify and remove large and small barriers to new business creation. WICHITA…

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Brody Dorland and Brock Stechman, DivvyHQ

DivvyHQ proves ‘unmatched in market’ with top award now spanning four consecutive wins

By Tommy Felts / December 19, 2019

Voted the No. 1 content marketing tool for the fourth straight year, DivvyHQ plans to capitalize on its momentum to deliver new features and functionality in 2020, said co-founders Brock Stechman and Brody Dorland.  “When we won [the honor] the first year, obviously it was a huge surprise. We were so pumped. But then we…

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Jeff Rohr and Rachel Smith, SquareOffs

Village veteran SquareOffs launches long-awaited social opinion site, tops $2M+ in funding

By Tommy Felts / December 17, 2019

SquareOffs hopes its new consumer-facing destination website — showcasing interactive “microdebates” aggregated across a growing network of publishers and influencers — moves digital conversations back to civility. A fresh round of funding will help, said Jeff Rohr. “We are all tired of the toxicity that fills our social media feeds and dominates comments at the bottom…

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Ben Nelson, Huck Adventures

Startup Road Trip: Huck Adventures goes west, using AI to turn outdoors into a social setting

By Tommy Felts / December 17, 2019

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro. This series is possible thanks to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which leads a collaborative, nationwide effort to identify and remove large and small barriers to new business creation. BOULDER,…

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