Tag: Sandy Kemper

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Sandy Kemper at IXKC: Trust is the hack for building FinTech or any startup in KC (Photos)

By Tommy Felts / June 20, 2018

Act like everyone is watching … because they are, Sandy Kemper said. “It’s something I think a lot of folks — maybe not from around here — fail to understand,” the C2FO chairman and CEO told a packed crowd Tuesday at Startland’s Innovation Exchange at nbkc bank. “You cannot get away with anything. And some…

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C2FO raises massive $100M round for global expansion

By Tommy Felts / March 1, 2018

In what is believed to be the largest venture-backed funding round in the Kansas City area’s history, C2FO is lighting the fuse on its global expansion with a $100 million capital raise. The Leawood-based financial tech firm’s round was led by Munich-based Allianz X and Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Investment Company, and included participation from Temasek,…

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Heart and soul: UMKC celebrates Entrepreneur of the Year Awards (photos)

By Tommy Felts / December 6, 2017

Convening students, entrepreneurs and top civic leaders, the 32nd annual Entrepreneur of the Year Awards on Tuesday recognized some of the area’s top innovators, including the creative mind behind one of Kansas City’s most iconic structures. The University of Missouri Kansas City’s Henry W. Bloch School of Management presented its International Entrepreneur of the Year…

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Sandy Kemper-led YEP KC primes teen entrepreneurs for success

By Tommy Felts / October 24, 2017

If all extraordinary students knew they were exceptional, the world would be a much more entrepreneurial place, said Sandy Kemper. “It’s the future of our city,” said Kemper, co-founder of YEP KC, about young talent. “If we can capture them early, before they go to college, we can create a network that can sustain them…

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Claure, Bloch, Helzberg to discuss the entrepreneurial ‘grind’

By Tommy Felts / August 24, 2015

About 90 percent of startups fail. And those that don’t must toil to walk the path of success. That grind to prosperity will be the subject of discussion during a speaking series that will feature titans of Kansas City entrepreneurship. Kansas City’s Startup Grind — a program funded by Google for Entrepreneurs — aims to…

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