Startups

Events Preview: Midwest.io

By Tommy Felts / November 5, 2015

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’d recommend these upcoming events for you. WEEKLY EVENT PREVIEW Midwest.io When: November 9-10 Where: Downtown Marriott Midwest.io is a two-day conference in the heart of the US, bringing together developers for…

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(S)heStarts: Do tech startups need a techie founder?

By Tommy Felts / November 4, 2015

Welcome to our new series exploring news and views on men, women, start-ups and the entrepreneurial experience.     Do tech startups need a techie founder? Yes. No. Maybe? Three Kansas City startup founders provided three perspectives on the technical expertise question. While their backgrounds and development paths differ, they all agree that end users…

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Events Preview: SEMPO Cities, IoT Launch

By Tommy Felts / October 29, 2015

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’d recommend these upcoming events for you. WEEKLY EVENT PREVIEW   SEMPO Cities Kansas City When: October 29 @ 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm Where: Sprint Accelerator We’re excited to announce that…

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High-profile judges for Kauffman contest includes Marcelo Claure, VCs

By Tommy Felts / October 29, 2015

A star-studded lineup of businesspeople from around the nation will be judging 15 startups in the Kauffman Foundation’s One in a Million pitch contest. The competition, which will take place on Nov. 17 and 18 during Global Entrepreneurship Week, will award $10,000 to one startup that previously participated in the foundation’s 1 Million Cups program. Those evaluating…

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As the Royals roll, this KC tech startup wants to develop its future pitchers

By Tommy Felts / October 27, 2015

A local startup hopes to cultivate the next Wade Davis or Yordano Ventura with the help of its pitching technology. In early 2015, Kansas City-based Precise Play launched its digital pitch analyzer, which the company is selling to baseball academies, schools and private leagues. Precise Play founder Victor Villarreal said that his machine has been…

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