Tag: UMKC

Andrea Savage, Salem Habte, Mark Babcock, Alec Rodgers, and Ali Brandolino, UMKC Enactus

UMKC Enactus team kicks open front door to Kansas City innovation scene with final four win

By Tommy Felts / May 24, 2019

As the number of teams left standing in the Enactus U.S. nationals started to dwindle, members of the competitive entrepreneurial development program’s team at the University of Missouri-Kansas City rode a pulsating wave of excitement and emotion, recalled Ali Brandolino. “I started crying,” added Brandolino, UMKC Enactus vice president of operations. “It was the most…

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DeepLens mobile view

UMKC-powered tech could help visually-impaired Kansas Citians see via artificial intelligence

By Tommy Felts / May 21, 2019

Gharib Gharibi is driven to succeed by a desire to pay it forward, he said, riding a high from his startup’s first-place, $20,000 win at UMKC’s Regnier Institute Venture Creation Challenge. “They helped us transform our technology from the computer lab to the real world,” Gharibi, founder of DeepLens and a UMKC PhD student, said…

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Phillip Gonsher, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Jennifer Niehouse-Fox, It’s So U

UMKC experts: Self-disruption challenges a modern fashion industry in flux

By Tommy Felts / May 16, 2019

Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Regnier Institute. The opinions expressed in this commentary are the authors’ alone. When thinking of the fashion industry, the first thing that (rightfully) comes to most people’s minds is the final garment on the shelf. However, there are a tremendous number of challenges…

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Terri Jordan, WizeWebz

Life kicked me around — then I found E-Scholars, says student-turned-UMKC mentor

By Tommy Felts / May 16, 2019

Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Regnier Institute, but was independently produced by Startland News. Sticky, intricate, and at times invisible, Terri Jordan’s startup journey is a web spun of complexity, creativity and passion, she said. “I would’ve never met my business partner if I hadn’t said, ‘Hey, would…

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Dr. Tony Mendes, UMKC’s Henry W. Bloch School of Management, Regnier Institute

UMKC’s Mendes: Avoiding ‘The C Word’? Your startup’s vision could pay the price

By Tommy Felts / May 10, 2019

Editor’s note: This article is sponsored by the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Regnier Institute. The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Dr. Tony Mendes is a teaching professor with UMKC’s Henry W. Bloch School of Management, and a managing director for UMKC’s Regnier Institute. You’ve probably met at least one person in…

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