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Kathryn Golden, Pitch Perfect, Enterprise Center in Johnson County

Pitching your startup to investors is about more than selling an idea, says Pitch Perfect leader

By Tommy Felts / September 4, 2020

Perfecting a startup pitch depends on a founder’s ability to move beyond mere product knowledge and talk the investors’ language, said Kathryn Golden. “The reality is investors aren’t buying your product; they’re not customers,” explained Golden, programs director at the Enterprise Center in Johnson County. “Investors are looking at the company and asking, ‘Is this…

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Renewed Kauffman support expected to fuel ECJC’s ‘Pitch Perfect’ through 2021

By Tommy Felts / September 17, 2019

Hungry entrepreneurs could be the leading reason behind the return of Pitch Perfect bootcamp at the Enterprise Center in Johnson County.  “[We heard from the community that] it was one of the best programs in the city for [early-stage founders],” Kathryn Golden, ECJC programs manager, said of a growing appetite for resources provided by the…

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Jessie Jacob, CoreBuild, The Culture Lab

Jessie Jacob: Investing in founders’ mental strength for scale

By Tommy Felts / January 11, 2019

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary about mental health and workplace culture are the author’s alone. We hear plenty of talk about the importance of mental health, as well as investing in culture for founders, but not a whole lot about people doing something about it. Perhaps they don’t know how or aren’t…

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Culture Lab to Fountain City Fintech startups: Before you hire, define your culture

By Tommy Felts / December 11, 2018

Bringing Culture Lab programming to the Fountain City Fintech accelerator’s inaugural cohort is part of a deeper effort to call attention to workplace culture in Kansas City, said Frank Keck. “We’ve been able to help each of these six cohort companies really define who they are, why are they doing what they’re doing, and help…

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Frank Keck: Benefits of developing a strong workplace culture

By Tommy Felts / August 13, 2018

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary about workplace culture are the author’s alone. Check out a previous column by Frank Keck here. “We know that engaged managers and employees are much more likely to remain in an organization, leading to fewer hires from outside the organization. This results in: Lower wage costs for…

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