Startups

Networking with water balloons? Startup Games returns to Liberty Memorial lawn

By Tommy Felts / June 16, 2017

With its official kickoff Friday morning, 1Week KC is returning in 2017 with an event to challenge area professionals with a variety of yard games near the Liberty Memorial. Presented by area recreation league KC Crew, the Startup Games are a relay-type competition in which participants are randomly broken up into teams and separated from…

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Area ag tech firm TechAccel expands to St. Louis

By Tommy Felts / June 16, 2017

TechAccel announced Thursday that it will expand to St. Louis, Mo., opening office space within the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, a nonprofit research center. Based in Mission, Kan., TechAccel is a venture and research firm that invests in advanced agriculture and animal health technologies. The development marks the first time the company has established…

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Fund Me, KC: Wobblrs offers a soccer-specific tailgate game

By Tommy Felts / June 14, 2017

Editor’s note: Startland News is continuing its new segment to highlight area entrepreneurs’ efforts to accelerate their businesses.  This is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to share their stories to gain a little help from their supporters. If you or your startup is running a crowdfunding campaign, let us know by contacting news@startlandnews.com Who are you?…

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Reporter turned entrepreneur, LeVota offers 6 takeaways from Startup Weekend KC

By Tommy Felts / June 13, 2017

A little under a year ago, I joined the Startland News team. Since then, I bet I’ve witnessed at least 150 entrepreneurs pitch their company. It’s safe to say I’ve learned a lot about innovation and entrepreneurship. I’m lucky I get to spend my days asking people who have “done it” how they “did it.”…

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With fresh $750K, Bixy is helping make online ads ‘not suck’

By Tommy Felts / June 12, 2017

Kyle Johnson could see that his company had a problem. And there was nothing he could do to remedy it. Back in 2011, Pandora released its financial records for the first time ever for everybody to see. Johnson, now the founder of Bixy, was working at his own startup company in the music streaming business…

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