Fitbit integrating Sickweather illness forecasting into new wearables

By Tommy Felts | May 10, 2018

Sickweather is stepping into the wearables market. A new partnership with industry leader Fitbit is expected to see the Kansas City-based startup’s illness forecasting technology integrated into Fitbit’s new products. “Smartwatches provide a powerful platform to deliver important health tools that help our users manage conditions more conveniently than ever before,” said James Park, co-founder…

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Techstars KC demo day: How to build inclusive teams that give first

By Tommy Felts | October 13, 2017

When Lesa Mitchell first learned she’d be managing director of the inaugural Techstars KC program, she thought to herself, “Wow, I’m going to have the most inclusive program in the world,” she said Thursday at the program’s demo day event. As it turns out, diversity and inclusion can be difficult to apply — even with…

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Regional venture capital and why Valley firms moved to the Midwest

By Tommy Felts | December 17, 2015

In this week’s regional roundup, we have the dish on everything you should know from regional venture capital and cyber security to building a company that survives a dynamic tech market. For more on this series, read our introduction.  St. Louis Biz Journal: Big raises, new funds highlight year for venture capital in St. Louis Not only…

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