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Mental health startup StartTalking announces partnership with QuikTrip

Editor’s note: In response to readers’ desire for quick-hitting stories, Startland News is launching a new segment, “News Flash,” to enable more coverage. Let us know what you think!   Lenexa-based StartTalking has announced a pilot partnership with QuikTrip that will make its service available to all 3,000 QuikTrip employees in the Kansas City area….

Embracing the chaos, LaborChart soothes the calamity of construction

Editor’s note: This content is sponsored by LaunchKC but independently produced by Startland News. Entrepreneurship is often attractive to personalities that don’t mind dealing with uncertainty. And though Ben Schultz never envisioned himself an entrepreneur, his experience as an electrical contractor forced him to embrace a myriad of unknowns in the construction industry. “Construction is…

Events Preview: Sports Hack for Social Change Competition

There are a boatload of entrepreneurial events hosted in Kansas City on a weekly basis. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, investor, supporter, or curious Kansas Citian, we recommend these upcoming events for you. WEEKLY EVENT PREVIEW Second Fridays at Village Square When: October 14 @ 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm Where: Village Square Coworking Studio Second…

Kansas Citians preparing for plethora of pitch competitions

A staple of early-stage business — the elevator pitch — will be on full display for the Kansas City community in coming weeks. Entrepreneurs from around the metro area have several upcoming opportunities to pitch their businesses or to hear other innovators deliver spiels on their firms. Here are few of those events. The University of Kansas’…