Tag: Ocean and Sea

How this Top 10 small biz says ScaleUP! KC kept her company on the right path amid growth spurts

By Tommy Felts / July 15, 2025

Entrepreneurs tout business program’s impact as it hits 10-year mark Over the course of a decade, ScaleUP! Kansas City not only has helped develop a foundation of success for dozens of companies; the acclaimed initiative built a legion of champions from within 14 cohorts of growth-minded small business owners. “There’s no other program like it,”…

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Mark Zuckerberg speaks to SXSW attendees at the 2022 conference in Austin

He’s bringing NFTs to Instagram; how Mark Zuckerberg’s next move could push you further into the metaverse

By Tommy Felts / March 19, 2022

Editor’s note: The following story is part of Startland News’ coverage of the SXSW conference in Austin. Click here to read more stories from the 2022 trip. AUSTIN — NFTs are headed to Instagram — but the virtual assets aren’t the only thing Mark Zuckerberg has planned for humanity’s journey deep into the metaverse.  “That’s…

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Brendan O'Shaughnessy, Ocean and Sea

Tees to NFTs: Why the designer behind one of KC’s most iconic young brands is testing the waters of crypto

By Tommy Felts / January 26, 2022

Blockchain’s rise is sending a wave of change crashing over far-ranging industries — and a Kansas City-based design and branding studio is ready to hang ten, its founder said. “I saw it as an emerging market of opportunity,” Ocean and Sea’s Brendan O’Shaughnessy told Startland News, detailing the popular design firm and clothing brand’s nose dive…

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Westside Storey illustration by Elyssa Bezner

Shop small: Five ways to wear (and wash with) KC pride from Westside Storey’s historic corner

By Tommy Felts / November 26, 2020

Editor’s note: Startland News perused Westside Storey’s 1920s-era corner shop as part of the newsroom’s five-part holiday gift guide that identifies locally made goods and supports the call to shop small. Click here to read the multi-day gift guide as it develops. What began eight years ago as a boutique antique shop quickly evolved into…

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