Tag: Katie Kimbrell

Lauren Conaway, InnovateHER KC

InnovateHER KC founder leaving KCSF as womxn’s community-building startup scales

By Tommy Felts / June 28, 2019

It’s time to set InnovateHER KC on the path to long-term growth, said Lauren Conaway, announcing her plans to leave the Kansas City Startup Foundation in early July to lead the womxn-focused startup full-time. “InnovateHER KC’s No. 1 priority right now is building out our community with intention,” said Conaway, founder of InnovateHER KC and…

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Back2KC Kansas City Startup Foundation

New home for Back2KC: Kansas City Startup Foundation expands talent pipeline efforts

By Tommy Felts / May 21, 2019

It’s the Kansas City Startup Foundation’s turn to drive the tour bus, said Darcy Howe, announcing Monday the transfer of the Back2KC talent pipeline initiative to KCSF, the nonprofit ecosystem-building organization that also powers Startland News. The move means KCSF will take ownership of the program for its Oct. 3-4 return, adding a full-time team…

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Katie Kimbrell, STARTLAND

KCultivator Q&A: Katie Kimbrell pushes reimagined education, equality for women

By Tommy Felts / December 18, 2018

Editor’s note: KCultivators is a lighthearted profile series to highlight people who are meaningfully enriching Kansas City’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The KCultivator Series is sponsored by WeWork Corrigan Station, a modern twist on Kansas City office space. MECA Challenge and Startland News are both programs of the Kansas City Startup Foundation, though the content below was produced…

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MECA Challenge at the Hy-Vee Arena, School of the Future

Don’t just play the game: MECA Challenge urges students to innovate ‘school of the future’

By Tommy Felts / November 2, 2018

Challenging Kansas City students to envision “the school of the future” will usher in a paradigm shift wherein teens can see themselves as customers of school, said Katie Kimbrell optimistically. “[Students] don’t even think, ‘Oh, I could rethink this whole thing that I’m experiencing,’ and choose — or even demand — something different,” said Kimbrell,…

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Goodwill

MECA students to Goodwill: Everyone has a mission now — what else are you selling?

By Tommy Felts / September 25, 2018

Editor’s note: MECA Challenge and Startland News are both programs of the Kansas City Startup Foundation, though the content below was produced independently by Startland. For more information on the relationship, click here. Goodwill must innovate and change with the times if it’s going to survive after 125 years in business, said Ed Lada. “The…

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