Startups

Startland’s 2017 Made in Kansas City Gift Guide: Experiences in Kansas City

By Tommy Felts / December 1, 2017

Startland News presents its annual Made in Kansas City Gift Guide. Check out selections from the KC Experiences category below. Have more ideas? Leave them for readers in the comments below. RoKC Passes – $15 for a single day pass More than 15,000 square feet of climbing walls and routes up to 40 feet high…

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KC Tech

Startland’s 2017 Made in Kansas City Gift Guide: Tech list

By Tommy Felts / December 1, 2017

Startland News presents its annual Made in Kansas City Gift Guide. Check out selections from the Kansas City tech category below. Have more ideas? Leave them for readers in the comments below.  Little Hoots keepsake quotes – $16 and up Creatively capture your kiddo’s cute quotes with the Little Hoots app. The app allows one to…

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KC Edibles

Startland’s 2017 Made in Kansas City Gift Guide: Edibles and Drinkables

By Tommy Felts / December 1, 2017

Startland News presents its annual Made in Kansas City Gift Guide. Check out selections from the KC Edibles and Drinkables category below. Have more ideas? Leave them for readers in the comments below. Boozy Botanicals — $17 Add aroma to your favorite amateur mixologist’s repertoire with Boozy Botanicals, a syrup infusion that brings complex flavors…

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Happy Food Co

Happy Food Co. packs outside-the-box flavor into locally sourced meal kits

By Tommy Felts / November 30, 2017

Finding the right mix of flavors for Kansas City’s pallette has been a trial-and-error effort for Happy Food Co., Jeff Glasco said. The Olathe-based direct-to-consumer meal kit company offers about 20 easy-to-prepare dinners infused with bold spices and outside-the-box local ingredients. Customer favorites include a bison cheeseburger quesadilla, butter-basted salmon, and soba noodle bowl with…

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Ennovation Center

Ennovation Center helping food entrepreneurs avoid charring their dreams

By Tommy Felts / November 30, 2017

In the seven years of leading a food business incubator, Lee Langerock has seen plenty of businesses — and dreams — sour. “We’ve had a front-row seat to the startup challenges and trials of food-based business,” said Langerock, the executive director of the Independence-based Ennovation Center. “The biggest pitfall we’ve witnessed is lack of practical,…

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