Tag: Stephanie Campbell

Why Kansas City’s startup community should rally behind local news

By Tommy Felts / December 16, 2024

Editor’s note: The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Stephanie Campbell is CEO of The Beacon, a nonprofit news organization covering Missouri and Kansas, and a member of the KC Media Collective, which also includes Startland News, KCUR 89.3, American Public Square, Kansas City PBS/Flatland, and Missouri Business Alert. Tulsa just landed…

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KC-based public service news outlet selects longtime nonprofit leader as its new CEO

By Tommy Felts / January 18, 2023

A nonprofit news source focused on public service journalism for Kansas City and Wichita has selected a new CEO with more than 15 years of nonprofit leadership experience. Stephanie Campbell, a former executive team member at Leanlab Education, will lead the online Kansas City-based publication, The Beacon, tapping into her expertise in operations, marketing and…

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How can edtech startups tell if their products work? LEANLAB partners research tech use in real KC classrooms

By Tommy Felts / April 20, 2021

A rebooted accelerator concept for LEANLAB Education put four edtech companies into Kansas City classrooms this spring — focusing more on helping founders conduct research on their products inside of schools and de-emphasizing previous entrepreneur training aspects of LEANLAB’s programming. “As the first program of its kind in the U.S., this inaugural cohort represents a turning…

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Swap ping pong for plutonium: 6 tips for startup onboarding (as told through iconic movie quotes) 

By Tommy Felts / March 3, 2021

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Stephanie Campbell is an operations and communications leader at LEANLAB Education in Kansas City. Just like it’s cheaper to retain an existing customer than it is to acquire a new one, it’s more cost-effective and time-efficient to retain an employee than hire someone…

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Stephanie Campbell, LEANLAB Education

5 ways to diversify your hiring pipeline (Hint: it starts with admitting you’ve fallen short)

By Tommy Felts / November 3, 2020

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Stephanie Campbell is an operations and communications leader at LEANLAB Education in Kansas City. A few months back, I put the last period at the end of my hiring project plan and felt content. I had set out to completely redesign the way…

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