Startups

VIDEO: Startup leaders talk KC Startup Foundation (plus bloopers)

By Tommy Felts / August 10, 2017

So, what exactly is the Kansas City Startup Foundation? For one, it is a foundation. Secondly, it involves startups. And last but not least, it serves Kansas City. If you have ever found yourself confused about what exactly the Kansas City Startup Foundation does and which programs it offers, then the video below is for…

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Arredondo: Serendipity, passion collide to form the KC Startup Foundation

By Tommy Felts / August 9, 2017

I’m not going to lie. It’s been a heckuva ride. Who could have imagined the Kansas City Startup Village’s serendipitous start in Fall 2012 would turn into all this? Not me. I vividly remember the nights Matthew Marcus and I were awake at 2 a.m., trying to keep up with the flood of emails from…

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‘Third-tier’ startup city? KC growing beyond tech snapshot, leader says

By Tommy Felts / August 8, 2017

Momentum matters for a startup city, Ryan Weber said. A recent report ranking Kansas City in the middle of the pack among Midwestern startup hubs doesn’t factor in the ongoing rapid growth of the city’s tech scene, Weber, KC Tech Council president, said. International tech publication TechCrunch listed Kansas City as No. 9 out of…

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Kansas City Startup Foundation and CEED merge, receive $1M donation

By Tommy Felts / August 7, 2017

Increasing its ongoing support of entrepreneurs, Affinity Worldwide has donated $1 million to the Kansas City Startup Foundation (KCSF), a nonprofit championing and connecting the local startup ecosystem. As part of the donation, Kansas City-based Affinity is also donating ownership of the Center for Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development (CEED) — the parent organization of Startland News…

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Denise Kruse: So your startup has a strategy — now what?

By Tommy Felts / August 4, 2017

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Strategy. Strategic plan. Go-to-market. Blueprint. Tactics. Startup innovators probably have heard an exhaustive list of synonyms and buzzwords. I’ve seen them all as a business leader for more than 30 years, helping companies define their strategy or execute on it. And there’s good reason…

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