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New in KC: Tech talent returns to his hometown 20 years after leaving a city ‘hollowed out at its core’

Editor’s note: New in KC is an ongoing profile series that highlights newly relocated members of the Kansas City startup community, their reasons for a change of scenery, and what’ they’ve found so far in KC. Click here to read more New in KC profiles. Josh Wood describes his journey in tech as varied, not…

Tim Yu, Pluto Money

New in KC: FinTech founder finds more than flyover fountains amid high-profile KC accelerator

Editor’s note: New in KC is an ongoing profile series that highlights newly relocated members of the Kansas City startup community, their reasons for a change of scenery, and what’ they’ve found so far in KC. Click here to read more New in KC profiles. Tim Yu hadn’t given Kansas City much thought — then…

Vinay Kumar, 9Star

New in KC: Austin transplant sees wide-open spaces for growth, startup potential

Editor’s note: New in KC is an ongoing profile series that highlights newly relocated members of the Kansas City startup community, their reasons for a change of scenery, and what’ they’ve found so far in KC. Click here to read more New in KC profiles. Hiring a team in Austin, Texas, was “literally impossible,” Vinay…

Austin Wilson, UrbanLeap

New in KC: GovTech startup leader goes remote, relocating for KC costs with West Coast pay

Editor’s note: New in KC is an ongoing profile series that highlights newly relocated members of the Kansas City startup community, their reasons for a change of scenery, and what’ they’ve found so far in KC. Click here to read more New in KC profiles. Kansas City’s got two things going for it: a growing…

Investing in women

Advice for women founders: Be ‘tough as balls’ but don’t fear asking for help, panelists say 

Want to rise to the top? Stop limiting yourself to gender roles in the workplace, declared Jene’ Hong.  “I didn’t see people as male or female,” Hong, told a crowd gathered for Startland’s Innovation Exchange: Investing in the Power of Women.  “I started off in accounting — everyone was male. I was taught to curse…