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Tomorrow is today: Internship intros students to a world where they’re already the social changemakers

By Tommy Felts / March 7, 2024

Editor’s note: Startland Education is a sister program of Startland News within the broader nonprofit organization Startland. [divide] Angela Gonzalez-Casas emphasized the value of exposure and network building as the Van Horn High School freshman reflected Tuesday on the impact of her just-wrapped Social Change Internship and the opportunity to engage with audiences she’d never…

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These KC students just won $50K for their school’s STEM efforts — and exhibit space in Science City

By Tommy Felts / January 24, 2024

Winning the $50,000 grand prize at Burns & McDonnell’s Battle of the Brains competition made for the best school day ever, shared Reese Moreno, a member of the victorious Delta Woods Middle School team. “This is mind blowing,” she explained Tuesday after the awards ceremony at Union Station in Kansas City. “The moment they announced…

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Olathe brothers opening vintage clothing storefront; next-generation founder eyes serial entrepreneurship

By Tommy Felts / October 12, 2023

A pair of brothers are rolling open the garage door on their first brick-and-mortar venture this weekend, turning a curated online source for vintage clothing into a physical storefront in Kansas City’s Westside neighborhood. Thomas and Reade Rex are set to host The Rex Catalog’s grand opening 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.…

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Teens team with MADE MOBB to raise funds in KC’s Northeast; their tee to support the unhoused was just a start

By Tommy Felts / August 18, 2023

Vu Nguyen considers MADE MOBB to be a creative hub, he shared. Two of the latest collaborators with Crossroads-based streetwear brand are students at Ryogoku Soccer Academy. “Everybody’s invited,” said Nguyen, who co-founded MADE MOBB — one of Startland News’ Kansas City Startups to Watch in 2023 — in 2013 and owns the business alongside…

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17-year-old social entrepreneur among finalists tapped for healthtech pilot competition

By Tommy Felts / August 11, 2023

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro.  [divide] WICHITA — A Kansas teenager’s telemedicine nonprofit was selected as one of nine finalists for a local health tech startup competition — the only Sunflower State venture chosen for…

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