Search Results: April Boyd-Noronha

VRoKCs

April Boyd-Noronha: VR Rocks in KC youth competition at Bloch Venture Hub

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. High school-aged virtual reality enthusiasts from across Kansas City recently gathered for a VRoKCs hackathon at Bloch Venture Hub. I was invited to judge the teams, which each delved into VR — an emerging trend in STEM that essentially allows a user to…

Boddle characters

Edcoda founder after pivot to new edtech app Boddle: ‘I wish I had failed faster’

Clarence Tan held onto his startup Edcoda longer than he should have, the founder admitted, but his pivot to a new edtech learning app, Boddle, should prove a more filling fit for users. “Boddle has a much better underlying vision and mission, as well as being better in terms of how it would work in…

Tammy Buckner, Techquity Digital, photographed by Tiffany Cody, Aisha Bullock of Smash Glam

April Boyd-Noronha: Q&A with Tammy Buckner, a woman rising In STEM

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. In honor of Women’s History Month, I’m featuring a fierce woman on the rise in STEM, who also happens to be a woman of color. Tammy Buckner is the founder and chief technology strategist at Techquity Digital, a tech firm based in Kansas…

April Boyd-Noronha

April Boyd-Noronha: Quest Moffat talks Project United Knowledge’s STEM inspiration

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. My columns this month feature four minority-owned STEM businesses in the Kansas City metro. The cool thing about each of these businesses? They include at least one (if not more) aspect of the STEM concept — science, technology, engineering, and math. For the…

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April Boyd-Noronha: Coworking spa stretches expertise from growth hacking to crystal therapy

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. My columns this month feature four minority-owned STEM businesses in the Kansas City metro. The cool thing about each of these businesses? They include at least one (if not more) aspect of the STEM concept — science, technology, engineering, and math. For the…