Woman-led

Small town KS just blocked its new crypto mining neighbor: Why this could be just the start of a rural-tech clash

By Tommy Felts / March 6, 2023

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Kansas City PBS/Flatland, a member of the KC Media Collective, which also includes Startland News, KCUR 89.3, American Public Square, The Kansas City Beacon, and Missouri Business Alert. Click here to read the original story. MCLOUTH, Kansas — Parked cars lined Lucy Street in the center of a normally quiet…

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Designed by women, for athletes: How the woman-led team behind KC Current’s new stadium is ‘equalizing the playing field’ for women’s sports 

By Tommy Felts / March 3, 2023

It’s uncommon to design a first-of-its-kind structure in the world of architecture, said Jill Monaghan, but the new KC Current soccer stadium — the first such facility being built specifically for a professional women’s team — scored her just the opportunity. In her nearly 11 years with Kansas City-based Generator Studio, Monaghan — who serves as senior…

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They started their own businesses; now these young founders are widening the pipeline to entrepreneurship for their peers

By Tommy Felts / March 2, 2023

Aidan Hall felt the support of Kansas City’s entrepreneurial ecosystem when he launched what would become KC Handmade Goods as an eighth grader, he said; years later, the young business owner is working to pay that feeling forward. An Iowa State freshman and Shawnee Mission West graduate, Hall got his start selling duct tape wallets…

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Lay off costly corporate conferences: Jewell Unlimited touts mobile-first microlearning in minutes

By Tommy Felts / March 2, 2023

A learning agency funded by William Jewell College is bringing a fresh approach to professional development, hoping to curate the “unregulated mess” of digital information into mobile-first microlearning modules that will empower workers and help them advance their careers. “Every single thing throughout human history that has ever been learned and codified, it’s already available…

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Meet the six competitors pitching for $50K in funding in HERImpact’s return to Kansas City

By Tommy Felts / March 1, 2023

Editor’s note: 1863 Ventures is an advertiser with Startland News, though this report was produced independently by the nonprofit newsroom. The competition slate is set, as a half-dozen of Kansas City’s most promising emerging social entrepreneurs prepare to pitch for $50,000 in a public, shark-tank-style event for women founders. The live pitch event is set…

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