Tag: Lance Windholz

Beach volleyball heavyweights, Olympians hitting KC sand for George Brett showdown

By Tommy Felts / September 9, 2025

Serial entrepreneur Lance Windholz hopes a high-profile weekend beach volleyball tournament — showcasing 24 professional players, including seven Olympians — will encourage more Kansas City athletes and enthusiasts to dig the sport he loves. The George Brett 4v4 Volleyball Showdown arrives Saturday, Sept. 13, at Shawnee Mission Beach Volleyball. Two amateur teams are set to compete…

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Why this serial entrepreneur bought ‘a giant beach in Kansas’ (and how he plans to make it KC’s next outdoor hot spot) 

By Tommy Felts / April 18, 2023

Lance Windholz is already digging his new position on Shawnee’s sand volleyball courts: owner.  “This deal was about six years in the making,” said Windholz, a serial entrepreneur and small business owner. “I had been playing volleyball out at Shawnee Mission Beach Volleyball three, four times a week — and just thought, ‘Why not own…

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Meet Techweek KC’s 2017 LaunchKC winners

By Tommy Felts / September 15, 2017

After evaluating a lineup of 19 tech startups from across the country, judges awarded eight companies each a $50,000 LaunchKC grant — and one received a grand prize of $100,000. The popular grants contest awarded the non-dilutive grants following the live pitch competition at Techweek Kansas City. In its third year in the City of Fountains,…

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New app Miles wants to soothe the pain of mileage tracking

By Tommy Felts / January 11, 2017

The stability of a 9 – 5 corporate work day is fading away, as many entrepreneurs know. Many people are entering the “freelance workforce,” leaving the predictability of a regular paycheck behind. Although this arrangement brings freedoms, it may make things more complicated during tax season. This culture shift inspired serial entrepreneur and software developer…

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