George Brooks

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Video: Five ways to build an app — your startup’s high-tech living organism

Editor’s note: Continuing Startland’s mission to help area entrepreneurs and startups grow, we’re happy to share with you a video from our friends at Kansas City-based tech agency Crema. Learn more about the agency here. App development for any startup doesn’t end when the technology goes live for users. Choosing the right method to build…

Video: How to write a great elevator pitch for investors and your team

Editor’s note: Continuing our mission to help area entrepreneurs and startups grow, we’re happy to share with you a video from our friends at Kansas City-based tech agency Crema. Learn more about the agency here.  Crema co-founder George Brooks and Crema product strategist Eric Hurst jump into the topic of crafting an eloquent and effective…

Video: How to use the lean model canvas for fun and profit

Editor’s note: Continuing our mission to help area entrepreneurs and startups grow, we’re happy to share with you a video from our friends at Kansas City-based tech agency Crema. Learn more about the agency here. Starting a business, or launching a product is really hard. Most people will tell you to first come up with…

George Brooks: Two words that can change your business

Some of the biggest moments in any business start with two simple words: What if? After these words, great opportunity can follow. Businesses have started, discoveries made, and movements ignited around this simple curiosity. These words help find the right problems to solve. They help discover the best solutions. They may lead to failure or…

Happy birthday! Startland recalls 10 memorable entrepreneurial stories

It’s been a year since Startland News spread its journalistic wings. And that presents us an opportunity to reflect on the flood of stories that Kansas City stirred up in the last 12 months. We’ve published more than 400 stories in the last 365 days. Although they detail a myriad of subjects in  on the…