Corporate Stories
Schukman: Forge new corporate gigs with social intrapreneurship
Entrepreneurship is all the rage these days. You’ve probably noticed the rising trend of people throwing off the shackles of corporate America to launch their own ventures. Millennials especially are known to be a very entrepreneurial generation who weathered the Great Recession to start their own businesses in greater numbers than ever before seen. While…
Smart City board discusses data privacy concerns, kiosks’ content
Creating value for citizens and openness to adaptive but privacy-conscious data policies were at the forefront of Kansas City’s Smart City board meeting Monday morning. About 20 people attended the year’s final meeting of the Smart City Advisory Board, which was formed in August to guide the $15.7 million, public-private tech project in downtown Kansas…
HEMP inducts 13 new entrepreneurs for 2015
Thirteen entrepreneurs were named to the 2015 Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program class this week. The program matches entrepreneurs with mentors, inspired by Barnett Helzberg Jr., the former owner and president of Helzberg Diamonds, who developed a 23-year-old mentoring relationship with Ewing Kauffman. “The goal of our program is to promote entrepreneurial success to positively impact…
KU lecture series brings Apple co-founder
A Jayhawk fan is coming back to Lawrence for this year’s Anderson Chandler business lecture. Oh, and the fan just happens to be one of Apple Computer Inc.’s co-founders. Steve Wozniak, who founded Apple alongside Steve Jobs, will be speaking at University of Kansas for their 2015 Global Entrepreneurship Week event. Austin Falley, the KU…
Study: Missouri tops Kansas in tech job growth
Part of the Kansas City metro area was represented on a recent report of states showing the most growth for tech-related jobs. Missouri hung on to the bottom end of Dice.com’s 17-state list at No. 15, showing 1.17 percent job growth in the tech industry during the last six months. KCnext President Ryan Weber chalks…
