Life Equals more than Zoom calls: How Balance builds trust, scaling health for leading KC startup

By Tommy Felts | April 30, 2020

Editor’s note: The following is part of Startland News’ ongoing coverage of the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Kansas City’s entrepreneur community, as well as how innovation is helping to drive a new normal in the ecosystem. Click here to follow related stories as they develop. [divide] Startups might be innovative, but they aren’t immune to the challenges…

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We Create KC report: Half of top VC-backed companies tapped early-stage support

By Tommy Felts | April 5, 2019

In 2018, 50 percent of the top venture capital-funded companies in Kansas City got their start with early-stage investment programs that emerged after 2012, according to We Create KC 2019, KCSourceLink’s sixth annual state of entrepreneurship report. “That high percentage shows us how important these early-stage investment programs are to our entrepreneurs and our ecosystem,”…

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