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KC summit calls on high-potential entrepreneurs to do more than just show up: Embed

“We’re going to help people rise in their businesses,” said Dulcinea Herrera, detailing plans for this week’s Quarter Life Crisis gathering in Kansas City.

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KC’s readiness is a team sport: Why cashing in requires World Cup collaboration

It starts with opening the door, said Dulcinea Herrera, encouraging business owners who are preparing for an influx of World Cup visitors to “think in the mindset of the world.”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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