Tag: Lean Lab

Roy Scott, Healthy Hip Hop, H3

Bitten by Disney sharks, Roy Scott beats the odds with Healthy Hip Hop

By Tommy Felts / November 21, 2017

When a potentially life-altering business deal suddenly vanished, Roy Scott didn’t get mad — he got funded. “Disney thought they were going to snuff us out, but all they did was put gasoline on this fire,” said Scott, founder of Kansas City-based H3 Enterprises (Healthy Hip Hop). Rewind. Starting his company with a live performance-based…

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John Styers, Transportant

Bus tech startup Transportant announces $11M in pre-sales at Lean Lab pitch night

By Tommy Felts / November 17, 2017

School districts across North America are on board with Transportant — to the tune of $11 million in pre-sale agreements, co-founder John Styers said. The startup, which uses video-based technology to allow students, parents and school administrators to better monitor school buses, announced the milestone — $10 million over its goal of $1 million in…

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Dr. Mark Bedell, Kansas City Public Schools

KCPS superintendent to city struggling with violence: When do we all come together?

By Tommy Felts / November 17, 2017

It’s inexcusable for Kansas City to simply accept 130 murders before it’s even December, Mark Bedell said. “Who do you think are committing these crimes?” Bedell, superintendent of Kansas City Public Schools, asked a crowd gathered Thursday for the Lean Lab’s Launch[ED) Day. “Probably people who have been victims of schools that have failed them…

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