Tag: Innovation Exchange

Howard Schultz, Carla Harris, and Sandy Kemper

Former Starbucks CEO, C2FO’s Sandy Kemper join Morgan Stanley exec for ‘Nothing to Fear’ DEI conversation

By Tommy Felts / July 13, 2021

Top business leaders are now embracing diversity and inclusion, Carla Harris said, but even their most sincere initiatives must survive the fear that comes with changing trends and an inevitable economic downturn. “Fear has no place in your success equation,” said Harris, a 33-year Wall Street veteran and Morgan Stanley executive who headlines Thursday’s Innovation…

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Kemet Coleman, STARTLAND

Marketing voice joins STARTLAND to amplify ecosystem builders’ impact, culture of innovation

By Tommy Felts / June 19, 2020

A mainstay of the Kansas City creative scene hopes to compose messaging harmony as the new force behind STARTLAND’s events and marketing efforts. “One of my dreams is just to see people coming together and working — not really thinking about their differences, but understanding we have more in common than what we don’t and,…

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Bungii

Startups to Watch, Innovation Exchange returning; Startland News announces 2020 events calendar

By Tommy Felts / December 17, 2019

Startland News’ most popular annual and monthly events are set to return in 2020, Austin Barnes said Tuesday, releasing a full calendar of events for the new year. “In the last six months of 2019, Innovation Exchange drew its biggest crowds since its return from hiatus in March 2018,” said Barnes, programming director for Startland…

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Michael Wilson, United American Hemp

Cannabis founder’s advice: Weed out the bad seeds; run green startups like real businesses

By Tommy Felts / October 29, 2019

Cannabis might seem like it presents a Wild West frontier for entrepreneurs looking to strike green, said Michael Wilson, but would-be founders must cultivate a plan grounded in common sense — and the law. “In the industrial hemp or marijuana space, if you want to build a successful business, run it like a real damn…

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Investing in women

Advice for women founders: Be ‘tough as balls’ but don’t fear asking for help, panelists say 

By Tommy Felts / October 2, 2019

Want to rise to the top? Stop limiting yourself to gender roles in the workplace, declared Jene’ Hong.  “I didn’t see people as male or female,” Hong, told a crowd gathered for Startland’s Innovation Exchange: Investing in the Power of Women.  “I started off in accounting — everyone was male. I was taught to curse…

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