Tag: Greg Kratofil

Music no, murals a go: Your fall events calendar won’t look the same as festivals grapple with COVID reality

By Tommy Felts / August 21, 2020

With summer winding to an anticlimactic end amid COVID-19 restrictions, outdoor festivals aren’t immune to the pandemic’s impact, organizers said, noting high-profile changes and cancelations for Kansas City’s annual fall events lineup. Among the 2020 festivals going silent: the original PorchFestKC. “I dragged my feet saying it out loud just because I hated that it…

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Hyperloop One on display at the American Royal in Kansas City

Hyperloop One on display in KC: Imagine being first-ever passenger to ride its 600 mph pod (Photos)

By Tommy Felts / September 14, 2019

While not a single passenger has yet stepped foot aboard Virgin’s Hyperloop One, that doesn’t mean the technology isn’t more realistic than ever before, explained Jay Walder.  “People can’t really imagine what it would feel like to go 600 miles an hour,” said Walder, CEO of Virgin Hyperloop One — which pulled onto the track…

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Greg Kratofil, Polsinelli; Davyeon Ross, ShotTracker; Matt Watson, Stackify; No Coast finalists

No Coast finalists: Trio of startup heavyweights among KC Tech Council award contenders

By Tommy Felts / February 27, 2019

Updated: Click here for No Coast winners. KC Tech Council released finalists Wednesday for its No Coast awards — a March 8 celebration of trailblazing innovators across the tech industry in Kansas City — which features a handful of startup founders and companies. “These are the folks who went above and beyond in tech,” KC Tech…

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Missouri Hyperloop

Talent pipeline: Missouri Hyperloop could be a light at the end of the tech jobs tunnel

By Tommy Felts / October 19, 2018

A high-speed Missouri Hyperloop route connecting Kansas City and St. Louis would power a state-spanning metro area with fluid access to tech jobs and talent, as well as a region pumped for economic growth, leaders familiar with the proposed project said. “You could easily live in St. Louis and work in Kansas City, and have…

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Privacy in practice: Responding to daily cyber threats sharpens Polsinelli tech team

By Tommy Felts / October 16, 2018

Editor’s note: The following content is sponsored by Polsinelli PC but independently produced by Startland News. We see the fallout nearly every day. Another company, government or celebrity that’s been technologically compromised, prompting officials to scramble on how to best calm customers, citizens and stakeholders. And when you lead one of the nation’s top cybersecurity…

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