Tag: Bobby Burch

Listen to Startland’s bonkers SXSW experience

By Tommy Felts / March 16, 2016

Virtual reality, smart cities and a whole lot of habaneros. There was more to Startland’s adventure to Austin, Texas, for South by Southwest — but those three items were certainly some memorable highlights. The Startland team spent five nights in Austin, taking in the insanity that is SXSW. We saw a ton of incredible technology — virtual…

Read More >

Cue the palpitations: Bobby’s taking a (free) coding class

By Tommy Felts / March 1, 2016

Only a few weeks in Kansas City, and LaunchCode is already making good on its promise to improve the area’s coding competency with a free, 16-week computer science course. And this mathematically-challenged, technically-inept journalist is going to do his best not to embarrass himself while attempting to learn the science of computing. Open to all…

Read More >

‘Do I have to introduce myself?’ Meet Startland News’ new managing editor

By Tommy Felts / November 23, 2015

Allow me to introduce … myself. My name is Kat Hungerford, Startland News’ new managing editor. As I type this, I’m sitting at a trendy desk in Village Square Coworking Studio at the heart of the Kansas City Startup Village, and I’m still astonished that I somehow wandered into what I’m quickly discovering is that…

Read More >
Failure, fail

Listen: How does Kansas City regard failure?

By Tommy Felts / October 23, 2015

In the entrepreneurial world, the word “failure” takes many definitions. For some entrepreneurs, failure is a badge of honor, while for others it’s taboo. Regardless, failure is a part of reality amongst startups and it’s a topic that’s been examined at length in Kansas City’s entrepreneurial community. KCUR’s Up To Date recently hosted Startland editor-in-chief Bobby Burch, Pipeline Inc.…

Read More >
[adinserter block="4"]