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Jobs alert: 5 Techstars firms now hiring in Kansas City
Less than halfway through Techstars’ three-month program, five startup companies in the class are hiring. The program’s first annual cohort — which included 10 startups — spent the first month meeting nearly 100 mentors and investors. Following the feedback, half of the class is ready to scale and hire more people, said Techstars managing director Lesa Mitchell….
Techstars Spotlight: Startup hopes to bridge teacher-school gap
Matching best-fit teachers to school districts can be challenging, Michael Barnes said. Serving nearly three years as a district talent manager at Austin Achieve public schools, in Austin, Texas, Barnes felt a lot of pressure to make the right decisions for students. “Oftentimes I would stay up until 2 a.m., wishing I had better teachers…
5 TEDxKC perspectives on navigating life’s next disruptions
What’s the greatest threat to humanity? Self obsession? Artificial intelligence? Resentment? Depends on your perspective. An eclectic group of TEDxKC presenters gathered Friday at the Kauffman Center of Performing Arts to share their expertise on how art, philosophy, technology, individual experiences and even interpersonal relationships shape the perspectives through which people see the reality around…
TEDxKC speaker Shantanu Bala: Tech moves communication beyond words
Editor’s note: Startland News is exploring a few of the most impactful quotes from speakers at Friday’s TEDxKC event at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. “The blind cannot only lead the blind, but lead any of us who can see to experiences that we’ve never seen before.” — Shantanu Bala Think about the…
TEDxKC speaker Robert Hernandez: Future of fake is already upon us
Editor’s note: Startland News is exploring a few of the most impactful quotes from speakers at Friday’s TEDxKC event at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. “We can be persuaded by what we see, even though we know it’s fake.” — Robert Hernandez Prepare for disruption like you’ve never seen before, Robert Hernandez warned media…
TEDxKC speaker Cathi Hanauer: Hope starts with working marriage reality
Editor’s note: Startland News is exploring a few of the most impactful quotes from speakers at Friday’s TEDxKC event at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. “Break the rules from your parents’ generation. Your father kept an immaculate garage. Your mother made a home-cooked meal every night. But in your family, with two full-time…
TEDxKC speaker Louis Rosenberg: Hive mind key to battling alien threat
Editor’s note: Startland News is exploring a few of the most impactful quotes from speakers at Friday’s TEDxKC event at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. “Here we are: the most intelligent species on the Earth. Congratulations. Unfortunately, things are about to change.” — Louis Rosenberg An alien intelligence is headed toward humanity at…
Report: KC startups driving quality job creation across metro
Young Kansas City businesses are substantial job creators for the area, according to a recent report from entrepreneurial resource hub KCSourceLink. In its recent “We Create Jobs” report, KCSourceLink found that new firms that employed fewer than 20 workers created 16,325 new jobs in 2016. And for the past five years, startups created an average…
CAPS put grads on top, alumni say
Education innovation is a growing industry in Kansas City. Leaders say it has grown tremendously within the past two years and will eventually impact the region’s talent pipeline. One of the metro’s trailblazing programs is Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies, CAPS. The program began in the Blue Valley School District in 2009 as…
KCMO to celebrate innovation partners at demo day
Since the publish date on Aug. 22, the location of the Innovation Partnership Program demo day has been changed. It will now be held at WeWork at Corrigan Station at 5:00 p.m. Five Kansas City startups are expected to be toasted next month with a demo day at a popular brewery. The Sept. 11 celebration…
