Usman Wajid

Block and Mortar: KC-built real estate development platform boosts projects’ speed to market

An emerging Kansas City startup is aiming to simplify one of real estate’s most complex phases, bringing key players onto a single platform to speed up early-stage decision-making.

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

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…