Tag: Chiefs

Ori Goldwasser, Vu Radley, Jonathan "JP" Platz, and Mark Launiu, MADE MOBB

Three months’ rent in 24 hours: How Chiefs’ Super Bowl run already MADE one brand’s 2020 

By Tommy Felts / February 4, 2020

Super Bowl Sunday was a holy time for members of the MADE MOBB, but it was hardly a day of rest for the team behind Kansas City’s most iconic streetwear brand. After prepping the custom T-shirt press in the back of MADE’s Crossroads storefront late Saturday — in hopes of a new, limited drop celebrating…

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Chiefs’ victory parade forces TEDxKC to call an audible, move sold-out event to June 

By Tommy Felts / February 4, 2020

The sold-out return of TEDxKC will see a delay of game, as organizers push the popular event back four months to make room for the Kansas Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade and rally Wednesday. “For a couple of weeks, we have been doing the calculus on what we would do if the Chiefs won the…

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Chiefs’ Super Bowl run ‘like Christmas’ (and Royals’ big win) all over again for KC apparel startups

By Tommy Felts / January 21, 2020

The Chiefs heading to the Super Bowl isn’t just a good look for the team — it’s a win for small business owners as excited Kansas Citians buy local to keep the party going, said Mark Launiu. “I was really stoked for the city obviously, but I just texted my friends like, ‘Man, if you…

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Bilingual startup Tico Productions brings energy to Chiefs’ Spanish broadcast

By Tommy Felts / December 7, 2017

When the Chiefs and Raiders meet Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium, more than the usual KC-versus-Oakland rivalry will be at play. The game also puts Kansas City-based Tico Sports’ two Spanish-language broadcast teams head-to-head for the first time. It’s not a competition, said CiCi Rojas, partner and president of Tico Productions, the company behind Tico Sports…

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