Tag: startup community

Bob Specht: How Kansas City actually becomes a startup city

By Tommy Felts / December 20, 2016

Editor’s note: This post was originally published on medium.com. Opinions expressed in the commentary are the author’s alone.  With growth in our Kansas City startup community, questions continuously come of “what next?” What do we need to keep growing? “Funding” is usually what you’ll hear yelled, but I’m not so convinced. I believe improving in…

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Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation startup growth

Kauffman Foundation analyzes Kansas City’s startup growth

By Tommy Felts / June 9, 2016

What does startup community success look like? Often one hears buzzwords like “vibrant,” “supportive” and “close-knit” — standards by which nearly any community can label itself successful. But since it’s nearly impossible to objectively measure those terms, a startup community’s success is instead frequently evaluated through funding and exits. That ignores the fact that most…

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