Tag: Zach Anderson Pettet

Megan Darnell and Zach Anderson Pettet, Fountain City Fintech, nbkc bank

Fountain City Fintech earns EDC’s Cornerstone Award in accelerator’s first year

By Tommy Felts / May 30, 2019

Fountain City Fintech’s plan was to put Kansas City on the map, Zach Anderson Pettet said. In the process, the community bank-backed accelerator earned attention in its own right, he said. “A big piece of our plan was to give our cohort a chance to dig in and really understand the city — understand the…

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Zach Pettet Henry Bloch

Zach Pettet: Henry Bloch gave KC a legacy to believe in; now it’s our turn to make him proud

By Tommy Felts / April 30, 2019

Editor’s note: Zach Anderson Pettet is vice president of FinTech strategy at nbkc bank and managing director of Fountain City FinTech. Opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Henry Bloch made an immeasurable impact on Kansas City. The H&R Block co-founder’s April 23 death shook many of us; though we knew it was…

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Parker Graham, Destiny Wealth

Destiny Wealth moving HQ to KC; former football player owes debt of inspiration to mother

By Tommy Felts / December 15, 2018

Grit and the gridiron might have helped shape Parker Graham’s business acumen, but it’s the influence of his coach in the game of life who inspired Destiny Wealth — his fintech startup that soon will move to Kansas City. “My Mom stretched herself so thin and sometimes it was hard to put food on the…

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Sandy Kemper, C2FO, Innovation Exchange

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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