Tag: Pipeline

2019 fellowship class

Pipeline opens applications for 2019 fellowship class, reveals three-city 1MC pitch event

By Tommy Felts / August 31, 2018

An application for Pipeline’s 2019 fellowship class isn’t just about next year, said Joni Cobb — it’s an opportunity for a lifetime of support from the organization’s network of developing and top-tier entrepreneurs. “Pipeline is available for life for each entrepreneur who successfully completes the fellowship year,” said Cobb, president and CEO of Pipeline, in…

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Tim Donnelly, SoftVu

Four key moments led to SoftVu’s exit (three missteps kept it from happening sooner)

By Tommy Felts / July 13, 2018

Deals like the acquisition of KC-based SoftVu by an Alabama private equity firm don’t happen overnight. And founder Tim Donnelly gives near-equal weight to the trials and triumphs that led the marketing platform to its big exit. “We’ve done as much as we possibly can based on the mistakes we’ve made, the lessons that have…

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With 400 teams and counting, coaches and founders agree: Just Play Solutions is a ‘no-brainer’

By Tommy Felts / April 18, 2018

One of Kansas City’s fastest-growing sports-fitness startups, Just Play Solutions, posted a 225-percent revenue increase headed into 2018, its co-founder said. “That type of growth just doesn’t happen all the time,” said Austin Barone. Just Play’s mobile and web app platform specializes in workflow management for football, basketball and — most recently — lacrosse coaches.…

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Kimberly Gandy

Kimberly Gandy: Proof a startup can emerge stronger from its founder’s cancer diagnosis

By Tommy Felts / February 8, 2018

Cancer needn’t mean can’t, Kimberly Gandy said. When the Play-It Health founder and CEO was diagnosed with an aggressive, mid-stage cancer in May 2016, her startup found itself at a crossroads. Gandy had just joined the Kansas City-based Pipeline fellowship and her company was poised for growth through its web- and mobile-based health regimen tracking…

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2018 Pipeline class

Four leading Kansas City entrepreneurs among 2018 Pipeline class

By Tommy Felts / January 26, 2018

The lives of four Kansas City entrepreneurs selected for the 2018 Pipeline class are about to change forever, said Brian Handrigan, Pipeline member and co-founder of St. Louis-based Traaqr. New fellows were announced Thursday evening at Pipeline’s The Innovators gala, with 13 startup leaders from across the Midwest taking the stage as the first step…

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