Tag: Jacob O’Connor

Former college startup founders reunite for brunch concept: Why they jumped at this franchise twist

By Tommy Felts / April 25, 2024

WICHITA, Kansas — Jacob O’Connor and Jon Peterson — two former Wichita State students turned entrepreneurs — are teaming up once again, this time for brunch, they shared. The high school friends and co-founders of 618 Ventures and Player Card are partnering with a mentor to bring the upscale, Orlando-based brunch concept Another Broken Egg…

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Athletes to angels: Startup player switches teams, leaving his venture to help connect founders to capital

By Tommy Felts / August 2, 2023

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro.  WICHITA — As a fellow founder, Jacob O’Connor can offer empathy in his new role within the NXTUS angel investor syndicate, he shared. After graduating from Wichita State University in…

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