Startups

Super Dispatch

2018 Startups to Watch: Super Dispatch takes shipping partners into the digital age

By Tommy Felts / January 16, 2018

Editor’s note: Startland News selected the top Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2018’s companies. To view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch, click here. Super Dispatch first delivered its concept to the trucking and hauling industries with professionals and managers adopting…

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Mycroft AI

Mycroft AI inks $1.75M in oversubscribed round, battling Amazon, Google

By Tommy Felts / January 12, 2018

In a quiet room amid the chaos of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Mycroft AI CEO Josh Montgomery gleefully told Startland News Friday that his tech firm raised a significant seed round. Mycroft recently raised a $1.75 million round that will help the Kansas City-based artificial intelligence startup accelerate hiring plans and corporate…

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Contract Canvas KC

Contract Canvass develops tool for future dominated by freelancers

By Tommy Felts / January 11, 2018

Chris Brown is working to put his law firm out of business. The Kansas City attorney — who for years has served creative professionals across the metro — recently created a contract automation tool for freelancers, eliminating a part of his business at Venture Legal. But while Contract Canvas might disrupt a facet of his…

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Rejuvenation area, Freedom Interiors

Five inspiration points in Westport’s new Freedom design showroom (Photos)

By Tommy Felts / January 9, 2018

Carol Espinosa bears a striking grin as she bounds up the steps to the rejuvenation area at Freedom Interiors. Palpable excitement beams through her voice. “This is possibly my favorite part of the showroom,” she says, pointing out the lush green carpeting, comfy seating and 360-degree view of the renovated space at 4000 Washington St.…

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Carol Espinosa, Freedom Interiors

Brazil to KC: Carol Espinosa showcases path to creativity, opportunity

By Tommy Felts / January 9, 2018

She arrived in the United States with just two suitcases and her own creativity, but today Carol Espinosa fills a 7,000-square-foot Westport storefront with enough modern workplace designs to unpack for weeks, she said. “This company was built from nothing,” said Espinosa, founder of Freedom Interiors. “It started with no customers, no product offerings —…

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