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AccessAble Living: $10K prize will help AltCap Your Biz winner speed services to seniors

By Tommy Felts / November 21, 2019

A medical supply startup designed to help Kansas Citians age in place earned judges’ seal of approval — and $10,000 — in the 2019 AltCap Your Biz Competition. “I hope this is a jumpstart for us to help solve a common healthcare problem,” said Dr. Brandy Archie, director of AccessAble Living, Wednesday night during Global…

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UMKC celebrates Maria Meyers for driving social entrepreneurship, ecosystem building in KC

By Tommy Felts / November 16, 2019

Kansas City’s most tenacious advocate, Maria Meyers has built far more than a legacy for herself, proclaimed Mary Bloch. “I first met Maria Meyers in the mid-90s when we were both involved in the renovation of Union Station,” Bloch, civic leader and daughter-in-law of H&R Bloch founder Henry W. Bloch, said as she recognized Meyers,…

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Launch Health check-up: Healium by StoryUp leverages new connections to stress its healing power

By Tommy Felts / November 15, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is part of a series of stories on the six cohort companies of the Launch Health Accelerator, powered by Nueterra Capital and sponsored by LaunchKC. Click here to read all the stories published in this series. [divide] More than a million dollars in funding and a relationship with the founder of…

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Launch Health check-up: Sickweather uses accelerator to diagnose its startup progress

By Tommy Felts / November 14, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is part of a series of stories on the six cohort companies of the Launch Health Accelerator, powered by Nueterra Capital and sponsored by LaunchKC. Click here to read all the stories published in this series. [divide] Just because your company’s been around the block doesn’t mean you’re done learning, said…

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Launch Health check-up: TheraWe Connect bridging gap between parents, pediatric therapy

By Tommy Felts / November 13, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is part of a series of stories on the six cohort companies of the Launch Health Accelerator, powered by Nueterra Capital and sponsored by LaunchKC. Click here to read all the stories published in this series. [divide] Opportunity unlocked, it’s full steam ahead for TheraWe Connect as the startup prepares to check…

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