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Can KC build the next billion-dollar company? ‘We have the internet here too’

By Tommy Felts / May 22, 2019

Ambitious startups need to believe they can become Kansas City’s next billion-dollar company, said John Thomson, urging confidence — and the ability to roll with the punches — in the face of risk. “Accomplished entrepreneurs who I’ve met … they just did it. Of course it was risky, and it might fail, but they went and…

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‘Badasses’ at Women’s Capital Connection double dollars invested since 2015

By Tommy Felts / October 9, 2017

More women in Kansas City are realizing the valuable opportunities offered by early-stage investing — and it’s translating into significant growth for the Women’s Capital Connection. The regional investment network has grown not only its number of member investors by about 40 percent in the past three years, but also has more than doubled the…

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