Startups Stories
‘This is a different type of founder’: LaunchKC reveals latest social venture cohort
Kansas City’s startup community has helped Trina Nudson feel seen and understood as an emerging entrepreneur, the Be Aligned founder shared. A spot in this year’s Social Venture Studio cohort could help her dig even deeper into the business realities of the unknown, she said. “I’m an attorney, and if you turn to a fellow…
UMKC debuts ‘Bloch Talks’ with five perspectives on how entrepreneur opportunity is shaped (and who’s shaping it)
A new storytelling-focused speakers event at UMKC’s Bloch School shines a spotlight on the diverse experiences that shape entrepreneurship, said Marvin Carolina Jr., drawing a parallel to the university’s boundary-crossing Regnier Venture Creation Challenge.
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.”
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.
