Startups

Eric Goeken, CTO, and Laura Steward, founder and CEO, VideoFizz

VideoFizz adapts greeting card app for real estate listings, closes $500K deal

By Tommy Felts / February 17, 2018

Don’t miss your customers’ cues, said Laura Steward, founder of VideoFizz. Though the Kansas City-based startup originally developed its mobile app as a tool to help individuals create video compilations of their personal photos and videos, Steward and her team noticed a growing number of real estate agents using the technology to stitch together video…

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SafetyCulture Kansas City

With big KC hiring plans, Aussie-born SafetyCulture prioritizes community engagement

By Tommy Felts / February 16, 2018

Though SafetyCulture is headquartered 9,000 miles away, its new North American hub in Kansas City is being intentional about driving positive local change — particularly in education, said Ross Reed. “We really want to get into the community to make an impact,” said Reed, SafetyCulture’s North American president. “We’re going to continue to get out…

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Christian Moscoso, ClusterTruck

ClusterTruck sizzles on KC food delivery scene with ‘ghost kitchen’ concept

By Tommy Felts / February 13, 2018

The innovation cooking within ClusterTruck’s technology makes the rapidly expanding Indianapolis company a fresh take on the restaurant-quality food delivery scene, Christian Moscoso said. “We are a software company with our own ghost kitchens, if you will,” said Moscoso, general manager for ClusterTruck’s new River Market kitchen, which opened in mid-December without a public entrance…

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Innovation Exchange returns in 2018 with new partners, topics

By Tommy Felts / February 13, 2018

One of my favorite parts of journalism is the “Hm!” moment. They are the occasions when reading, watching or listening to a story whose details yield an inborn reaction of fascination or intrigue. They can’t be stopped. When your curiosity piqued, “Hmm!” is an impulse. “The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket produced 5 million pounds of…

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Sickweather

Sickweather storms market with overfunded $1M crowdfunding campaign amid flu season

By Tommy Felts / February 12, 2018

An illness forecaster is never more valuable than when the threat of a widespread virus is high. This year’s severe flu season, however, is only one of the leading contributors to Sickweather’s uptick in interest — and its recent oversubscribed $1 million crowdfunding campaign, said founder Graham Dodge. “We learn a lot every cold and…

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