Tag: Fund Me KC

Joey Mendez and Buck Wimberly, ULAH

Fund Me, KC: ULAH asks Kansas City to help save Westwood menswear store as pandemic debt looms

By Tommy Felts / July 7, 2025

Startland News is continuing its long-running “Fund Me, KC” series to highlight area entrepreneurs’ efforts to accelerate their businesses or lend a helping hand to others. This is an opportunity for business owners and innovators — like menswear retailers and trendsetters Joey Mendez and Buck Wimberly — to share their crowdfunding stories and potentially gain…

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Fund Me, KC: Portrayals XR crowdfunds next step in building its immersive healing space

By Tommy Felts / July 1, 2025

Startland News is continuing its long-running “Fund Me, KC” series to highlight area entrepreneurs’ efforts to accelerate their businesses or lend a helping hand to others. This is an opportunity for business owners and innovators — like Tricia Keightley and her immersive healing platform — to share their crowdfunding stories and potentially gain backing from…

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Fund Me, KC: Grocery store on Troost needs to bag community support to open, bringing fresh food east

By Tommy Felts / July 5, 2023

Startland News is continuing its “Fund Me, KC” series to highlight area entrepreneurs’ efforts to accelerate their businesses or lend a helping hand to others. This is an opportunity for business owners and innovators — like Kortney Lee who is attempting to expand the footprint of Community Groceries — to share their crowdfunding stories and potentially…

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Fund Me, KC: She’s served a community need; now LaRonda LaNear needs help filling her kitchen

By Tommy Felts / November 1, 2022

Startland News is continuing its “Fund Me, KC” series to highlight area entrepreneurs’ efforts to accelerate their businesses or lend a helping hand to others. This is an opportunity for business owners and innovators — like LaRonda LaNear’s effort to launch a brick and mortar space for We Got It Covered Food Services — to…

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Fund Me, KC: Tangible launching ‘magical pillow’ that shares physical touch with far-away loved ones

By Tommy Felts / October 11, 2022

Startland News is continuing its “Fund Me, KC” series to highlight area entrepreneurs’ efforts to accelerate their businesses or lend a helping hand to others. This is an opportunity for business owners and innovators — like Akshay Dinakar and the launch of his Tangible “magical pillow” — to share their crowdfunding stories and potentially gain…

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