Crawl through Kansas City’s startup scene with this happy hour tour

By Tommy Felts | April 21, 2016

After a two-year hiatus, a popular city-wide tour of area startups will return to offer residents a  chance to learn about the entrepreneurs and innovative businesses around them. Set for May 20, the 2016 Kansas City Startup Crawl will wind its way through several of the area’s startup hotbeds, highlighting coworking studios, accelerators and community…

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Report: Kansas City startups snagging more dough in 2016

By Tommy Felts | April 13, 2016

Kansas City has made significant strides when it comes to improving access to early-stage capital, though its relative volume still lags other startup hubs, according to a recent report. [pullquote]The Kansas City metro’s increase in total capital raised represents the third-largest growth among 27 major U.S. metro areas.[/pullquote] In the first three months of 2016,…

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Video: Witness a high-tech response to mock active shooter situation

By Tommy Felts | March 31, 2016

Kansas City Police on Thursday hosted a live demonstration of a high-tech, drone-enabled response to a mock active shooter situation in Kansas City.  The event, which was part of the inaugural Smart City Tech Summit, featured such public safety tools as gunshot detection tech, drones, social media monitoring, data analytics and more. Here’s a video recap of the…

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Five years later: Google Fiber celebrates a Kansas City milestone

By Tommy Felts | March 30, 2016

Five years ago today, the Kansas City area heard the news that it would receive a transformative, residential gigabit Internet service. Hundreds of cities lobbied to be the first to receive Google Fiber, but ultimately, Kansas City, Kan. won the highly-sought-after service. And the world learned that on March 30, 2011. Five years later, Google…

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