Tag: Gerald Smith

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2018 Startups to Watch: Plexpod finds people are the special sauce for activating spaces

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. A month after Plexpod announced it would grow its footprint to more than 220,000 square feet total…

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Kansas City startups to watch in 2018

By Tommy Felts / January 16, 2018

Within Kansas City’s startup community, one question remains as confounding as it is combustible. “What is a startup?” Purists say it’s a disruptive tech firm. Egalitarians maintain the term applies to any early-stage business. Others ask another question: Who cares? The answers — debated in spirited fashion in national media, on Kansas City discussion boards and…

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Plexpod acquires Think Big Coworking, expanding KC footprint

By Tommy Felts / December 14, 2017

Plexpod isn’t playing. Amid Kansas City’s competitive coworking market, Plexpod is doubling down with the acquisition of Think Big Coworking’s 1712 Main Street location, Plexpod founder Gerald Smith said. The acquisition adds more than 30,000 square feet of space to Plexpod’s already large footprint in the area and forges a new partnership between the two…

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KCultivator: Plexpod founder Gerald Smith on Internet trolls, anti-gravity machines, man crush

By Tommy Felts / September 22, 2017

Editor’s note: KCultivators is a lighthearted profile series to highlight people who are meaningfully enriching Kansas City’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Check out our features on innovation coach Diana Kander, Victor & Penny’s Erin McGrane, SEED Law’s Adrienne Haynes, Code Koalas’ Robert Manigold, Prep-KC CEO Susan Wally and community builder Donald Carter. Plexpod is more than a shared…

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Lilly Long and Ryan Wing, The Sundry

On the menu: The Sundry tastes expansion with move to Plexpod

By Tommy Felts / September 8, 2017

Moving The Sundry this month to Plexpod reflects the evolution and future of where people live and work, Ryan Wing said. And, of course, how they eat. A leader in Kansas City’s sustainable food movement, The Sundry plans to relocate its store from the Crossroads to a 3,300-square-foot space at Plexpod Westport Commons. It’s the…

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