Tag: MECA Challenge

MECA Challenge, gun violence

Students struck by KC gun violence search for solutions at MECA Challenge

By Tommy Felts / March 7, 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. Escaping the cycle of gun violence can seem impossible, said Lea Thompson, still wearing a cast on her hand after being shot…

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The education system is broken — these Kansas Citians want to fix it

By Tommy Felts / March 8, 2017

As you may remember or have experienced with your own child, there seems to come a point in one’s educational journey where kids ask themselves — what’s the point? The answer has always been, so that you can get good grades, to get into a good college to then get a good job. The problem with…

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MECA Challenge pushes area students to think more entrepreneurially

By Tommy Felts / November 9, 2016

Editor’s note: Startland News is an affiliate organization of MECA Challenge, both of which are operated by CEED LLC.  A competition that challenges students to solve startups’ business problems is gaining traction in Kansas City. MECA Challenge is an entrepreneurial problem-solving contest for high school- and college-aged students that aims to transform education and produce…

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MECA Challenge engages KC students in entrepreneurship

By Tommy Felts / September 3, 2015

For two years, MECA Challenge has been working with Kansas City’s students to instill an entrepreneurial mindset. This fall, organizers are all-in with the first of five MECA Challenges of the season set for tomorrow, Friday, at Blue Valley CAPS. The program is a one-day event for student groups in which they work on teams with…

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