Tag: Techstars Kansas City

Lesa Mitchell, Techstars Kansas City

KCultivator Q&A: Lesa Mitchell talks eating eyeballs, remembering names, growing startups

By Tommy Felts / September 14, 2018

Editor’s note: KCultivators is a lighthearted profile series to highlight people who are meaningfully enriching Kansas City’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The KCultivator Series is sponsored by WeWork Corrigan Station, a modern twist on Kansas City office space. Growth is a daily driver, Lesa Mitchell said, but it can be limited by the environment around entrepreneurs. “If…

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Matthew Marcus, 2016 Techweek 100 honoree

Nominations for Techweek 100 list of premier KC innovators close Sept. 9

By Tommy Felts / August 18, 2018

It’s not a ranking. Techweek 100 celebrates the whole spectrum of individuals and organizations who are impacting the business and technology landscape on a significant scale in cities like Kansas City, organizers said. Nominations close Sunday, Sept. 9. “Honorees include fast-growing technology companies, prominent sector investors, key contributing enablers of the digital ecosystem, those at…

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Land Sharks

Pure Pitch Rally returning to Techweek with land sharks hungry to invest more than $80K

By Tommy Felts / August 17, 2018

A frenzy of land sharks ready to bite on startups’ best ideas is gathering at The American restaurant during Techweek to award up to $80,000 in cash and $500,000 in Amazon AWS Activate credits. The one-of-a-kind Pure Pitch Rally event — set for 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Oct 10 — plays off the hit…

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PopChef, Startup Weekend KC

Cooking class curator wins Google-backed Startup Weekend competition

By Tommy Felts / March 27, 2018

Nine teams made it through Startup Weekend, but only one team earned the dough: PopChef, which cooked up a platform to sign up for interactive kitchen classes with local chefs. PopChef co-founders Zack Kern and Ruby Montoya were ecstatic to win the competition, Kern said. In addition to receiving an hour of consulting with Lesa…

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Startup Weekend

Google, Techstars partner to lower barriers for March 23-25 Startup Weekend

By Tommy Felts / March 5, 2018

A new partnership with Google will allow Techstars to present this month’s Startup Weekend free of charge to Kansas City participants, said John Coler. “It opens up the opportunity to reduce the barrier for entry for those who either would not usually use their discretionary income or (do not) have the ability to pay for…

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