Tag: Dave Hulsen

They just wanted someone to notice: 10 years (and an exit) later, the first founders featured in Startland News have come 360

By Tommy Felts / May 19, 2025

Editor’s note: Startland News — officially launched May 4, 2015 — is marking its 10-year anniversary this spring. As part of this observance, the nonprofit newsroom is taking a look back at pivotal moments in its decade-long run, as well as impact along the way. Longtime editor-in-chief Tommy Felts caught up with Stuart Ludlow and David…

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2018 Startups to Watch

Year-end roundup: Checking in with Startland’s 2018 Startups to Watch

By Tommy Felts / December 21, 2018

It was a year of refinement, said Chris Goode, as well as a time to rejoice amid highs and lows at Ruby Jean’s Juicery. Startland checked in with the founder, along with his fellow 2018 Startups to Watch companies, to see if the past 12 months unfolded as predicted. While working to expand Ruby Jean’s…

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David Hulsen and Stuart Ludlow, co-founders of RFP360

Top startup ‘RFP360’ tweaks name in rebrand to reflect 360-degree approach to its market

By Tommy Felts / December 4, 2018

A rebranding effort announced Tuesday aims to clarify the way RFP360 is perceived by potential customers bogged down by procurement and bidding processes, said David Hulsen. The Kansas City-based company, which streamlines the repetitive and arduous request for proposal (RFP) process with a software-as-a-service platform, hopes its new name and tagline — “Grab Life by…

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David Hulsen and Stuart Ludlow, co-founders of RFP365, Client Discovery

Founder: RFP365’s new Client Discovery launch shows startup-corporate deals build stronger tech products

By Tommy Felts / July 26, 2018

A new product module from RFP365 defies common perceptions about Kansas City corporations overlooking tech talent in the startup community, said co-founder Stuart Ludlow, announcing the launch of Client Discovery. “Traditionally, we always say that an RFP [request for proposal] involves two people,” he said, describing the product. “Someone writes an RFP and then a…

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David Hulsen and Stuart Ludlow, co-founders of RFP365, Client Discovery

2018 Startups to Watch: RFP365 grows its Fortune 500 client base from KC roots

By Tommy Felts / January 16, 2018

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. Ranking just behind root canals and color-coding a walk-in closet, the painstaking process of managing requests for…

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