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Just funded: Digital Health KC taps 8 KC startups for new ‘Accelerate’ project grants

A $332,750 tranche of newly announced project-based funding is designed to propel promising digital health companies toward their next critical milestones, said Dick Flanigan, emphasizing pathways from technology advancements to product validation.

Home buyers, sellers should keep more of their money, KC-built proptech startup says

“We’re not anti-agent,” said founder Phillip Allen, who led the H&R Block team that developed Rapid Refund, the first electronic tax filing system. “We’re anti-the abusive fees that go along with it.”

From scratch to scale: Mr D’s owners expanding brand with family owned donut shops at the center

Mr D’s Donuts is continuing a steady expansion across the Kansas City metro, with a new South Overland Park location now in development along with a mid-summer Kansas City, Missouri storefront.

Full-circle victory for UMKC grad who retook the stage to win RVCC with her startup

Winning the top prize for community startups at the Regnier Venture Creation Challenge was a transformational way to cap Antoinette Redmond’s UMKC experience, the Neuru founder said Friday, after earning $20,000 of the record $180,000 awarded to student and community entrepreneurs.

Pedaling a dream: Concierge bike shop street tests whether repairs alone can keep business torqued

“They say you can’t raise a family, you can’t buy a house on a mechanic’s salary,” Aaron Apel said. “It’s just one of those industries where we haven’t been able to professionalize the mechanic side of things.”