Entrepreneurial lessons from the girls of Malawi, Africa

By Tommy Felts | April 29, 2016

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone.   While the Kansas City entrepreneurial community continued to percolate in April, I spent two and a half weeks in the poorest country in Africa. Malawi is known as “The Warm Heart of Africa,” and with an average annual income of $255 per…

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MIT-modeled mentorship arrives in Kansas City

By Tommy Felts | April 1, 2016

A new MIT-modeled mentorship program is available to Kansas City entrepreneurs. The Enterprise Center in Johnson County is now accepting applications for its new mentoring program, the Growth Mentoring Service, which adopts the approach of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Venture Mentoring Service. The free, two-year program is welcoming all entrepreneurs who meet its guidelines…

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Advisors, role models and the importance of ‘champions’

By Tommy Felts | January 8, 2016

“What types of support relationships do you find beneficial as a startup founder?” I asked a group of six women founders this question as part of a whiteboard conversation conducted last year by WhiteSpace Consulting and Startland News. Their answers reveal a broad range of support relationships, including one that is a must-have for every…

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