Tag: COVID-19

Carlos Rivera Jr., Str8 Edge Barber Shop

Dollars out, impact rolls in: $1M deployed from KC’s COVID-19 relief fund, AltCap says

By Tommy Felts / April 30, 2020

Editor’s note: The following is part of Startland News’ ongoing coverage of the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Kansas City’s entrepreneur community, as well as how innovation is helping to drive a new normal in the ecosystem. Click here to follow related stories as they develop. Just weeks after applications opened, a relief fund intended for Kansas City’s…

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Life Equals more than Zoom calls: How Balance builds trust, scaling health for leading KC startup

By Tommy Felts / April 30, 2020

Editor’s note: The following is part of Startland News’ ongoing coverage of the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Kansas City’s entrepreneur community, as well as how innovation is helping to drive a new normal in the ecosystem. Click here to follow related stories as they develop. Startups might be innovative, but they aren’t immune to the challenges of…

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Pivot to programming: Prime Digital Academy sees opportunity in COVID-19 disruption  

By Tommy Felts / April 30, 2020

Editor’s note: The following is part of Startland News’ ongoing coverage of the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Kansas City’s entrepreneur community, as well as how innovation is helping to drive a new normal in the ecosystem. Click here to follow related stories as they develop. A little over a year after its Kansas City launch, Prime Digital…

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Andrew Potter and Luke Lim, TileFive, People Count

Reopening with limits: People Count app tracks number of customers in stores, gyms, restaurants

By Tommy Felts / April 29, 2020

Editor’s note: The following is part of Startland News’ ongoing coverage of the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Kansas City’s entrepreneur community, as well as how innovation is helping to drive a new normal in the ecosystem. Click here to follow related stories as they develop. Kansas City is nearing its attempt at an economic rebound and TileFive…

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Nick DeBrodie, Lifewar Outfitters

‘Something in the Air You Breathe’: Punk brand hopes message about toxic negativity isn’t lost in COVID-19 fog

By Tommy Felts / April 29, 2020

Editor’s note: The following is part of Startland News’ ongoing coverage of the impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Kansas City’s entrepreneur community, as well as how innovation is helping to drive a new normal in the ecosystem. Click here to follow related stories as they develop. One of Kansas City’s newest apparel brands is set to launch its…

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