Mobility Designed names new CEO, raises more than $1M

By Tommy Felts | June 9, 2017

Mobility Designed, a Kansas City medical device startup, announced Friday that it has appointed a new CEO. Previously held by co-founder Liliana Younger, the CEO role is now held by Dan Alcazar. A serial entrepreneur, Alcazar has experience growing early-stage, mid-sized and Fortune 500 companies, including RJR Nabisco, Sprint and Embarq. Younger will remain on…

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Four female entrepreneurs will represent KC in UberPITCH contest

By Tommy Felts | November 2, 2016

Four Kansas City entrepreneurs will be celebrating global entrepreneurship week on the East Coast as they vie for part of a $120,000 pie. Kansas City’s representatives — which are listed below — represent a diverse set of industries, including tech, health and agriculture. Kansas City was one of five participating cities in UberPITCH — a…

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Mobility Designed tackles a demand unaddressed since the Civil War

By Tommy Felts | October 4, 2016

Editor’s note: This content is sponsored by LaunchKC but independently produced by Startland News.   Some technologies are slow to innovate. And crutches — which haven’t changed much since the U.S. Civil War — are a prime example. “They’ve pretty much been the same for decades,” said Liliana Younger, CEO of Mobility Designed. “Although there…

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Photo gallery: Techweek’s LaunchKC Top 100 Expo

By Tommy Felts | September 15, 2016

Hundreds of Techweek Kansas City attendees converged on Union Station Thursday afternoon to explore dozens of startups part of the LaunchKC grants contest. Now in its second year,  the popular grants competition LaunchKC was again met with an enthusiastic response by applicants in 2016, drawing more than 400 applicants. The competition — which will distribute $500,000 via 10, $50,000 non-dilutive…

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