Tag: Meg Dieter

Bracket bash races to halfcourt, cutting pitch competitors down to 16 Kansas startups

By Tommy Felts / March 4, 2026

The competition for $25,000 in startup capital is intensifying for more than a dozen Kansas entrepreneurs as a high-profile pitch event announced Wednesday that it had narrowed the field from 32 finalists to 16. Selected companies — half of which hail from the Kansas City region — advance to the next round of the 2026…

Meet LaunchKC’s winners: $60K prize today; world headquarters in KC tomorrow

By Tommy Felts / November 18, 2025

Every iconic company headquartered in Kansas City — from Helzberg Diamonds to Hallmark — started with an entrepreneur hoping to scale a small idea into big impact, said Jim Erickson, teasing a next wave of emerging startups and the latest winners of the LaunchKC grants competition. Eight early-stage companies were announced Monday as recipients of…

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