Posts Tagged ‘Eze Redwood’
KCMO investing $900K in entrepreneur support as advocates push for more funding
The City of Kansas City, Missouri, has budgeted an $900,000 investment in its KC BizCare Office as part of a broader plan to better support the metro’s entrepreneur community While advocates from within Kansas City’s entrepreneurial community love the city as much as its next fan, they acknowledge it can be a tough place to…
Read MoreInvest in small biz infrastructure, group urges city; They want $11M in KCMO budget for entrepreneur funding
Three years of working and waiting might be headed to an impasse for entrepreneur support advocates who’ve been lobbying the City of Kansas City, Missouri, for renewed — and dramatically enhanced — funding to boost startups and small businesses battered by the pandemic. [pullquote] What’s in the budget now? Mayor Quinton Lucas and City Manager…
Read MoreLetter to KCMO City Council from the entrepreneur, small biz community (via Eze Redwood)
Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to Kansas City, Missouri, city council members March 11 by serial entrepreneur Eze Redwood, advocating for $11 million in funding for entrepreneur support from KCMO in its 2022-2023 budget. The city council is set to vote on the budget by March 24. The opinions expressed in this commentary…
Read MoreWhat’s startup support worth? Orgs threatened by budget cuts rally behind ROI numbers
Editor’s note: Startland News is a program of STARTLAND, an ecosystem-building organization that is among the participants in an informal coalition of entrepreneur support groups hoping to increase funding for startup support in the 2020-2021 Kansas City, Missouri, budget. This story was produced independently by Startland News’ nonprofit newsroom. [divide] The impact is in the…
Read More‘Leadership is harder’: Founder duo debuting ‘Above the Fray’ in LinkedIn Live beta test
Two influential voices in the Kansas City startup community hope their new LinkedIn Live show can inspire fellow founders to be true leaders, said Eze Redwood, co-creator of “Above the Fray.” “We want to bring in diverse perspectives from entrepreneurs in different fields that leaders would need to be successful,” explained Redwood, who unveiled the…
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