Startups Stories
She’s flipping the priorities on homebuilding; this founder wants buyer stress out of the blueprints
“It’s one of the biggest emotional, financial investments you’re going to make in your life,” the founder of Olathe-based buildNest explained, tapping into her own homebuilding experience.
High-profile Digital Sandbox KC funding program gets new leader: a veteran Austin tech founder
Kansas City already has all the ingredients a startup needs to grow, said Jeff Zhao, expressing excitement about combining his expertise in technology commercialization with existing local resources.
Block and Mortar: KC-built real estate development platform boosts projects’ speed to market
An emerging Kansas City startup is aiming to simplify one of real estate’s most complex phases, bringing key players onto a single platform to speed up early-stage decision-making.
Techstars prescribes $220K investment, credibility boost for KC healthtech startup
“It’s a point of validation that somebody else thinks highly enough of the vision we’ve set,” said Dr. Brandy Archie. “We think we can grow to be a force and make a big change in the world, and they back that with dollars and see that possibility.”
Moving humanity forward isn’t always pleasant, Block founder says, urging innovators to keep crossing the line
What’s so cool about getting up every day to do something that you don’t know is going to work? Jim McKelvey asked a crowd gathered for the Rockhurst University Leadership Series about the realities of forging ahead as an entrepreneur.
