KCMO provides welcoming spot for NY-based high-tech kennel startup, DogSpot

By Tommy Felts | September 7, 2018

Kansas City stands out among 30 different DogSpot partner cities for cutting through bureaucracy to help startups grow, said Chelsea Brownridge. DogSpot — a service that delivers internet-connected, air-conditioned, standalone dog kennels for pet owners to “park” their dogs while, for example, shopping or running errands — teamed with the City of Kansas City, Missouri,…

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CEO Raina Knox: Millennials don’t have a monopoly on startup momentum

By Tommy Felts | January 31, 2018

Experience matters — even in an ecosystem built upon disrupting the status quo, said Raina Knox, CEO and co-founder of Stratex Solutions. “It’s uncomfortable for some in the startup community to embrace the concept of people with portfolio careers still having a meaningful impact,” she said, noting her lengthy career as a “fixer” in the…

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5 startups enjoy growth, connections with KCMO innovation partnership

By Tommy Felts | September 12, 2017

Although the government may be pegged as resistant to change, Kansas City Mayor Sly James wants to flip the script. “On a city level, we aren’t having much help from the state and federal governments sometimes,” James said at the Innovation Partnership Program demo day on Monday at WeWork Corrigan Station. “But, we still have…

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KCMO to celebrate innovation partners at demo day

By Tommy Felts | August 22, 2017

Since the publish date on Aug. 22, the location of the Innovation Partnership Program demo day has been changed. It will now be held at WeWork at Corrigan Station at 5:00 p.m. [divide] Five Kansas City startups are expected to be toasted next month with a demo day at a popular brewery. The Sept. 11 celebration…

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