And the winners of Startland’s $3,000 giveaway are …

May 24, 2016  |  Bobby Burch

In case you didn’t already know, Kansas City startups are a generous bunch.

Last week, Startland News asked if any area businesses wanted to participate in a giveaway for those attending the Kansas City Startup Crawl. In true startup fashion, our idea for a giveaway came at the last minute — three days before the crawl — which added an extra dash of chaos to the pandemonium that is event preparation.

Expecting a tepid response, we were blown away by entrepreneurs’ enthusiastic benevolence. Startland received a torrent of interest, offering everything from longboards and coffee to Techweek passes and cooking classes.

In total, startups served up more than $3,000 worth of products, services and experiences. We can’t thank you enough, Kansas City startups! And another big thanks to those interested enough to explore the early-stage business community by attending the crawl; we hope you had as much fun as we did!

But getting to the reason why most of you clicked into this story, below is a list of the winners from the random drawing. The winners will be hearing from us in a separate message regarding prize pickup.

Congratulations!

  • Techweek KC | All-Access Passes (4 prizes) – valued at $250 per pass
    Winners: Caleb Loya; Paul Lenzen; Jon Kot; Sheila Seck
  • FitBark | Dog activity monitors (2 prizes) – valued at $95 per monitor
    Winners: Matt McCollum; Kirk Lakebrink
  • WYCO Apparel | Sunglasses (3 prizes) – valued at $25 per sunglasses
    Winners: Joe Miller; Fredrick Francises; Derron Black
  • Maps Coffee Roasters | 12 oz. bags of coffee (12 prizes) – valued at $12 per bag
    Winners: Kylie Fatino; Nicholas Allen; Tom Shanahan; Kyle Fitzgerald; Laura Gowans; Marc Dangerfield; Vin Yuldashev; Lauren Conaway; Andrew Wu; Samuel Gahm; Sri Praneeth Iyyapu; Tracy Thomas
  • The Sundry | Cooking class for two people ($90) and three produce bundles (4 prizes) – valued at $165
    Winners: Mary Meyer Sandoy; Jack Diemer; Emily Newton; Chase Blackwood
  • Young Guns Longboards | One longboard (1 prize) – valued at $65
    Winners: Morayo Bakare
  • The Handy Camel | $50 gift cards (2 prizes)
    Winners: Diana Watt; Zach Pettet
  • Whobaloo | One $50 gift card (1 prize)
    Winner: Irit Gillath
  • Lifted Spirits Distillery | Pair of cocktail glasses & $25 gift card (1 prize) – valued at $45
    Winner: Lisa Douthit
  • Blooom | A 1-year membership (1 prize) – max value of $180
    Winner: Sara Gorjestani
  • Village Square Coworking Studio | 12 drop-in passes (1 prize) – valued at $100
    Winner: Ryan Arthur
  • Gr8box | Allergy-free snack boxes (3 prizes) – valued at $20 per box
    Winners: Bob Reynolds; Tim Carmann; Alicia Poole
  • Thou Mayest | $20 gift card (1 prize)
    Winner: Jennifer Rivas
  • Kansas City Developer Conference | Two tickets (2 prizes) – valued at $350 per ticket
    Winners: Chris Cooley; Matt Watson
  • Flavor Trade | Food baskets (2 prizes) – valued at $50 a piece
    Winners: Germaine Halegoua; Regina Wagner
  • Ramshackle Wood Co. | One barn wood tray (1 prize) – valued at $30
    Winner: Rudar Manning
  • Normal Human | Framed print and t-shirt (2 prizes) valued at $15 and $28, respectively
    Winners: Jon Page; Anne Hochstein
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