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Nine Zero One Igloo Bar at The Fontaine Hotel

Nine Zero One Igloo Bar: KC’s hottest new nightspot offers an escape on ice (but the clock is ticking)

By Tommy Felts / December 28, 2020

The City of Fountains is frozen over atop The Fontaine Hotel, transformed into an aurora borealis-inspired vision of Scandinavian Iceland for a limited run pop-up — Nine Zero One Igloo Bar.  “This project has been over a year in the making,” explained Jenna Phillips, the hotel’s associate director of sales and marketing, quick to add…

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Eileen Bobowski, The Sewing Labs

Sewing Labs stitches expanded identity as social media influencer with SINGER partnership

By Tommy Felts / December 28, 2020

Editor’s note: This article is underwritten by Plexpod — a progressive coworking platform offering next generation workspace for entrepreneurs, startups, and growth-stage companies of all sizes — but was independently produced by Startland News. The art of sewing might have been forgotten by some, but it surely isn’t lost, Eileen Bobowski said as the SINGER Corporation needles…

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Nick and Jess Phillips, Hyprcubd

Linking tech to humanity: Hyprcubd integrates collaboration among IoT community

By Tommy Felts / December 23, 2020

Editor’s note: This article is underwritten by Plexpod — a progressive coworking platform offering next generation workspace for entrepreneurs, startups, and growth-stage companies of all sizes — but was independently produced by Startland News. Building a company that solves real-world problems for tech founders isn’t easy — but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done, Jess Phillips said. …

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Patrice Aguilera, My Sister’s Closet

Patrice Aguilera carves niche on Facebook Live, teaching fellow entrepreneurs to break their own barriers

By Tommy Felts / December 21, 2020

Editor’s note: This article is underwritten by Plexpod — a progressive coworking platform offering next generation workspace for entrepreneurs, startups, and growth-stage companies of all sizes — but was independently produced by Startland News. Hand-me-downs were both a blessing and a curse for Patrice Aguilera, she said. Growing up as the youngest and tallest of six sisters,…

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Newly-elected state school board rep Melanie Haas talks innovation (for more than just JoCo students)

By Tommy Felts / December 14, 2020

Editor’s note: This article is underwritten by Plexpod — a progressive coworking platform offering next generation workspace for entrepreneurs, startups, and growth-stage companies of all sizes — but was independently produced by Startland News. With a professional background in technology, Melanie Haas witnessed her industry empowering women to fill leadership roles, she said. So when it came…

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