Tag: amazon

Mycroft CEO: Ditch Amazon bait for better investment — KC startups

By Tommy Felts / October 16, 2017

Editor’s note: Kansas City-based Mycroft CEO Joshua Montgomery wrote this piece in response to the area effort to attract Amazon’s prospective HQ2. The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone.  My first face-to-face meeting with an Amazon employee took place on his day off. He was at the Sprint Accelerator on the Missouri…

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Is KC enough for Amazon? Pros and cons

By Tommy Felts / October 12, 2017

Correction: An earlier version of this story used an incorrect figure for Kansas City streetcar ridership. It has since been corrected to  reflect the system’s more than 3 million riders. Kansas City wants Amazon. But does the online retail giant want KC? With only a few days remaining before the deadline to submit proposals for…

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Mayor’s Office delivers #KC5stars campaign to woo Amazon HQ2

By Tommy Felts / October 11, 2017

The request for proposal can wait. Kansas City Mayor Sly James is delivering Amazon 1,000 reasons to build its second headquarters in the City of Fountains via a host of product reviews on the online retailer’s site. A label maker, flashlight and fishing net were among the items James reviewed to promote various aspects of…

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Mayor Sly James teases Amazon headquarters announcement

By Tommy Felts / October 11, 2017

An enigmatic message from Kansas City Mayor Sly James is stoking intrigue regarding the area effort to land Amazon’s second headquarters. At about 7 a.m. Wednesday, James tweeted, “I’ve been busy online shopping. Find out why at 3 p.m.” The message included a photo of James surrounded by Amazon boxes. I’ve been busy online shopping.…

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Leaders say Kansas City is prime for Amazon HQ2

By Tommy Felts / September 8, 2017

In the wake of news Amazon is planning a second, U.S. headquarters, a group of Kansas City organizations is tossing Kansas City’s proverbial hat in the e-commerce giant’s shopping cart. Amazon announced Thursday it plans to invest more than $5 billion in a new headquarters that could create as many as 50,000 jobs in which…

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