Startups

KC startup boosts overseas businesses

By Tommy Felts / October 1, 2015

Holly Godfrey’s business partners are in India, Nepal and Rwanda. The timing works well, since their daytime falls during her nighttime. As she gets ready to shift her focus from her full-time day job as the rehabilitation manager at Truman Medical Center to her startup, Catalyst Scrubs, her colleagues abroad are just beginning their day.…

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90 on the Clock with FitBark

By Tommy Felts / September 30, 2015

90 on the Clock with FitBark By John McGrath, KCPT, and Bobby Burch, Startland News Ed’s Note: Flatland and Startland News have partnered to highlight Kansas City’s innovators and entrepreneurs, all in 90 seconds. This is the second episode in the five-part series.  As the mecca of animal health, the Kansas City metro accounts for a whopping…

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WonderWe acquires KC startup VolunteerMark

By Tommy Felts / September 29, 2015

Andrew Stanley developed VolunteerMark to work with non-profit companies that align with his Christian faith. Lucky for Stanley and his business partner, they met someone who not only shared that passion, but also had the means to help them make it bigger. WonderWe, a software provider to nonprofits, acquired VolunteerMark and its technology to schedule…

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(S)heStarts: How demographics affect views of your pitch

By Tommy Felts / September 29, 2015

Welcome to our new series exploring news and views on men, women, start-ups and the entrepreneurial experience. In July of 2015, Startland News collaborated with WhiteSpace Consulting to conduct a whiteboard conversation with women entrepreneurs in the Kansas City region. Women entrepreneurs shared their perceptions about launching and leading companies, and identified topics for ongoing…

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Events Preview: ECJC Founders Series, KC Tech Reception

By Tommy Felts / September 24, 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 Founder Series: Gaining Working Capital Without Losing Equity When: October 1 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Where: Enterprise Center of Johnson…

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