Startups

Take a tour of KC’s newest, largest coworking space: iWerx

By Tommy Felts / November 3, 2016

Kansas City’s newest and largest coworking studio plans to celebrate its grand opening in style during Global Entrepreneurship Week. Based in North Kansas City, iWerx’s massive 33,000-square-feet facility is now welcoming tenants into its swanky new digs that feature an array of amenities, most notably access to its ridiculously fast 10-gigabit Internet. Built in 1929,…

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The metric that your startup needs to measure: Net promoter score

By Tommy Felts / November 3, 2016

Startups are full of uncertainty — and prospective clients know that. Credibility and reputation are both keys to a company’s ability to not only sell a product or service, but also to create brand ambassadors that will promote it to friends and others. As the saying goes, your customers are your best salespeople. “If you…

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Events Preview: Entrepreneurial Sales Workshop

By Tommy Felts / November 1, 2016

There are a boatload of entrepreneurial events hosted in Kansas City on a weekly basis. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, investor, supporter, or curious Kansas Citian, we recommend these upcoming events for you. WEEKLY EVENT PREVIEW Compute Midwest When: November 2 @ 8:00 am – 4:30 pm Where: Kauffman Performing Arts Center On November 2nd, remarkable…

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Mayo Clinic taps FitBark and finds dogs aren’t terribly disruptive bedmates

By Tommy Felts / November 1, 2016

File this one under the “aww-some” news category. Those with four-legged bedroom guests can rest assured that quality slumber usually remains a loyal companion, two studies found after analyzing data captured from Kansas City-based FitBark devices. The Mayo Clinic Center for Sleep Medicine conducted the first of two studies to explore the impact of pets…

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Edison Spaces debuts real estate solution for growing startups

By Tommy Felts / November 1, 2016

This story was originally published in MetroWireMedia, a Kansas City commercial real estate and development news source.  As the former president and CFO of Freightquote, Matt Druten has become all too familiar with the unpredictable real estate needs of large companies and startups. When a startup picks up momentum, they grow in revenue and headcount and…

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