Joshua Montgomery
founder of Mycroft AI
Recent Articles by Joshua Montgomery
Mycroft CEO: Ditch Amazon bait for better investment — KC startups
Editor’s note: Kansas City-based Mycroft CEO Joshua Montgomery wrote this piece in response to the area effort to attract Amazon’s prospective HQ2. The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. My first face-to-face meeting with an Amazon employee took place on his day off. He was at the Sprint Accelerator on the Missouri…
Montgomery: How to support KC startups with your IRA and 401(k)
Mycroft co-founder Joshua Montgomery recently appealed to the 1 Million Cups community to launch Initiative Six to foster more early-stage investment in Kansas City. The opinions in the commentary are the author’s alone. I recently read yet another article lamenting the lack of investment by Silicon Valley in the Midwest. The author stated how great…
Joshua Montgomery: KC poised to be IoT-powered smart city leader
Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Most of the people I ask about the Internet of Things — or IoT — respond with visions of network-connected light bulbs or water sensors for their basements. They talk about fitness trackers or connected thermostats that help reduce energy costs. To me,…