Tag: Endeavor Heartland

New role at Endeavor Heartland scales Craig Moore’s concierge ecosystem building

By Tommy Felts / April 15, 2025

In a move that highlights Kansas City’s growing influence within the global landscape, innovation booster Craig Moore has taken on a new role with a Northwest Arkansas-based network for high-impact entrepreneurs — bringing his ecosystem-building superpowers to a broader scale. As senior manager of entrepreneur experience at Endeavor Heartland, however, Moore isn’t abandoning his roots…

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Food fit: Kansas City health startup attains Endeavor Heartland greenlight at first KC selection panel

By Tommy Felts / March 9, 2024

Moving forward in the process to become an Endeavor Entrepreneur builds on 18 months of momentum for the newly branded Attane Health, said founder Emily Brown. Her Kansas City-based, food- and nutrition-focused startup moved one step closer to the Endeavor designation — a move that ultimately would elevate Attane Health on a global scale —…

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Planned serendipity: Endeavor Heartland’s launch aims to put founders in the right place at the right time

By Tommy Felts / February 28, 2024

A global nonprofit that supports high-impact entrepreneurs is gearing up for its March 6 regional selection panel in Kansas City — the organization’s next big step in establishing a KC footprint, said Shawn Morris. “This will double as our launch into the Kansas City market and our commitment to our office expanding there,” said Morris,…

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Global capital network selects IoT startup as its first ‘Endeavor Entrepreneur’ candidate from KC

By Tommy Felts / June 8, 2023

Endeavor Heartland, the Northwest Arkansas-based division of a global network built to support high-impact entrepreneurs, has officially made its first foray into the Kansas City market, the organization announced. Pepper, a full-stack Internet of Things (IoT) platform-as-a-service provider, in May became the inaugural company from the Kansas City region to join Endeavor’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Shawn…

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Endeavor could bring its global capital network to KC startups; leaders weigh its local need

By Tommy Felts / November 15, 2022

Leaders from the Heartland division of Endeavor on Monday gave local entrepreneurs a first look at capital, resources, and programming that could come to Kansas City as the global nonprofit considers expansion into the region. During the preview event, organized as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, representatives from Endeavor’s regional office in Northwest Arkansas discussed…

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