Startland’s 2017 Made in Kansas City Gift Guide: Tech list

By Tommy Felts | December 1, 2017

Startland News presents its annual Made in Kansas City Gift Guide. Check out selections from the Kansas City tech category below. Have more ideas? Leave them for readers in the comments below.  [divide] Little Hoots keepsake quotes – $16 and up Creatively capture your kiddo’s cute quotes with the Little Hoots app. The app allows one…

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Kansas City legal startup returns with WeWork award, $18K

By Tommy Felts | June 28, 2017

A co-founder of Kansas City-based Venture Legal is departing from Austin, Texas, on Wednesday with a little more coin in his pocket. Chris Brown traveled to Austin to pitch his company Venture Legal as a finalist for WeWork’s Creator Awards’ South Regional on Tuesday and delivered the winning video pitch in the “Incubate” category. Beating…

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Three KC startups are finalists in national WeWork competition

By Tommy Felts | June 20, 2017

Three Kansas City-area firms are among the finalists in a national startup competition that could earn them significant prize money. Venture Legal, Bungii and Cambrian are the three area startups that beat out more than 2,000 other applicants to earn one of 30 spots in WeWork’s Creator Awards’ South Regional Final on June 27. WeWork…

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Truck-sharing app Bungii hauling early success, eyeing expansion

By Tommy Felts | May 18, 2017

Less than a year after its launch, Kansas City-based truck-sharing app Bungii is gaining significant traction. In addition to expanding its platform from only Kansas City to include Lawrence, Bungii has tapped hundreds of users that temporarily need a truck to haul their stuff. Led by two recent college graduates, Ben Jackson and Harrison Proffitt, Bungii’s on-demand…

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Tech startup Bungii is your new friend with a truck

By Tommy Felts | July 12, 2016

“Hey, can I borrow you and your truck this weekend?” It’s a question dreaded by truck owners everywhere, and in April of 2015, it made Ben Jackson regret ever buying his 1999 Ford Ranger. Jackson — and his truck — had just finished an exhausting day helping friends make four hauls across Manhattan, Kan. The…

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