Tag: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Susan Chambers and Miriam Rivera, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Board of Trustees

Former Walmart exec, VC founder who was second attorney for Google joining Kauffman trustees

By Tommy Felts / April 18, 2018

Editor’s note: Startland News, in its capacity as a nonprofit digital magazine, is financially supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Two high-powered women are expected to bring diverse business, investment and education backgrounds to the table of one of Kansas City’s leading entrepreneurship engines. Susan Chambers, a five-time “50 Most Powerful Women in Business”…

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John Coler

KCultivator Q&A: John Coler champions making a quick impact, packs of dolphins

By Tommy Felts / April 6, 2018

Editor’s note: KCultivators is a lighthearted profile series to highlight people who are meaningfully enriching Kansas City’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Today Startland takes a closer look at startup ecosystem champion John Coler. Check out our features on Made in KC’s Tyler Enders, Hispanic business builder Pedro Zamora, ‘fashionpreneur’ Jordan Williams, Plexpod founder Gerald Smith, innovation coach Diana…

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Comfy Cup Kyler Russell

Preteen inventor’s kid-friendly Comfy Cup athletic gear ready to leave the dugout, family says

By Tommy Felts / March 26, 2018

A preteen baseball player who helped develop a more comfortable athletic cup for young athletes wants to scale the business to include a deeper product line and sizes for adults. Lenexa native Kyler Russell, who turned 12 Thursday, invented Comfy Cup as a Little League player. He was required to wear an athletic cup, even…

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Melissa Roberts, the Enterprise Center in Johnson County, and Bek Abdullayev, Super Dispatch

Immigrant entrepreneurs need path to US now, GOP senator behind Startup Act says

By Tommy Felts / March 21, 2018

Editor’s note: The following story on Jerry Moran’s Startup Act is part of a three-part series on the potential for immigrant or foreign-born entrepreneurs to help reshape Kansas City’s startup ecosystem. Read a warning from a leading Kansas City tech CEO about coming challenges within the local talent pipeline here. Check out a feature on…

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App snaps pics of items to ease moving process, MovinHouz founders say

By Tommy Felts / March 20, 2018

What started as a couple of bad moving experiences developed into a mobile app to simplify the relocation process, said MovinHouz co-founders. Dominic Klobe and Chris Perrin, co-founders of Olathe-based MovinHouz, a tech startup incubated at Digital Sandbox KC, are building an app that connects moving companies to customers in need of their services, Klobe…

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