8 TED Talks to help build the ideal team at your startup
Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Stacy Rose is chief operating officer and partner at AdamsGabbert, a staffing, IT services, and business consulting firm. This article was sponsored and produced by AdamsGabbert. As the country’s unemployment rate continues to improve, entrepreneurs are beginning to fill their rosters. Yet, in…
Read MoreKC Can Compost: Let’s make a natural process natural again — prioritizing people, the soil
It might be cool now, but Kansas Citians should expect warmer days ahead, said Kristin Chamberlain, highlighting ways the environment is changing rapidly and offering a simple solution that could help curb its effects — while also transforming lives. “There’s ample opportunity to compost,” said Chamberlain, executive director of KC Can Compost — the social enterprise…
Read MoreGotDevKC helps small businesses break into tech talent silo, matching developers to needs
Larissa Uredi and Jenny Miller are playing matchmaker. Teaming up with KCSourceLink, UMKC Innovation Center, No-Where Consultants and the City of Kansas City Missouri, the duo worked with their teams to create a Kansas City business directory that pairs KC tech talent with startups and businesses in tech-need. They call it: GotDevKC. “We had identified…
Read MoreGoogle’s $100K cash prize keeps Healthy Hip Hop dancing toward ‘Tik Tok for kids’ status
With a new cash infusion from the Google Black Founders Fund, Roy Scott said Healthy Hip Hop is ready to perfect the next generation of its youth entertainment and education tech, strengthen the company’s sales and marketing efforts and hire a C-suite level employee. “We found our niche in the tech space, and it’s how…
Read MoreVictor Hwang’s Q&A with Andrew Yang: How small business can restart the US economy
Editor’s note: The following is a Q&A-style interview between Victor Hwang, founder and CEO of the Right to Start movement, and Andrew Yang, former presidential candidate and founder of Venture for America. The full Q&A was originally published by Right to Start and is the basis for an Inc Magazine piece published this week — “Andrew…
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