Posts Tagged ‘Breakout KC’
Photos: Innovation Exchange returns with Top KC Startups to Watch celebration
So … What’s your spirit animal? Eleven startup founders and leaders joined Startland News and the Kansas City Startup Foundation on stage Tuesday for a rebooted Innovation Exchange experience — complete with casual conversation, jazz and few unexpected queries. Saluting the Top Kansas City Startups to Watch in 2018, the rapid-fire, Q&A-style event showcased the…
Read MoreStarty Pants podcast host Sharice Davids making bid to unseat Rep. Kevin Yoder
Americans have an intergenerational responsibility to leave society and the country better than they found it, Sharice Davids said. The startup founders she interviews for her Starty Pants podcast understand that duty, she said. “When I think about entrepreneurship, I think of the risk taking and forward thinking of people who are trying to address…
Read More2018 Startups to Watch: Swell Spark breaks out with experience-based entertainment
Editor’s note: Startland News selected the top Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list. The following is one of 2018’s companies. To view the full, ranked list of Startups to Watch, click here. [divide] It’s time to put down the phone and pick up an axe, said Swell Spark co-founder…
Read MoreKansas City startups to watch in 2018
Within Kansas City’s startup community, one question remains as confounding as it is combustible. “What is a startup?” Purists say it’s a disruptive tech firm. Egalitarians maintain the term applies to any early-stage business. Others ask another question: Who cares? The answers — debated in spirited fashion in national media, on Kansas City discussion boards and…
Read MoreStartland’s 2017 Made in Kansas City Gift Guide: Experiences in Kansas City
Startland News presents its annual Made in Kansas City Gift Guide. Check out selections from the KC Experiences category below. Have more ideas? Leave them for readers in the comments below. [divide] RoKC Passes – $15 for a single day pass More than 15,000 square feet of climbing walls and routes up to 40 feet…
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