ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2012

This is the 13th year the conference has been in business, which alternates each year between Kansas City and St. Tech ventures, some of whom were presenters at the earlier Demo Day, joined ventures in green energy and the life sciences. Both events drew small and large investors from all over the country.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 30, 2011

Time to move to Kansas City for faster Internet speeds? I tend to agree that the Amazon cloud storage service for music isn’t especially innovative – [link]. Progress with electricity for developing countries – artificial leaf from MIT – [link]. – [link]. Teach your kid to ride a two-wheeler.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Upon returning from his tour in Afghanistan, Kander returned to his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri and became involved in politics. At the time of this interview, he was running for mayor of Kansas City. At the time of this interview, he was running for mayor of Kansas City.

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David Cohen

MAY 30, 2014

The Demo Day for the inaugural class of the Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator powered by Techstars is Thursday, June 12 at 5:30pm CST in Kansas City. The event is at the beautiful Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts and unlike most Techstars demo days we are completely opening this one to the community because the venue is so spacious.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2018

Finding a high-tech co-founder in the middle of Kansas may be a long search. If you were impressed with someone’s drive and capabilities in a prior work role, now is the time to connect again to check their interest and availability, or recommendations they may offer. Relocate to a more lucrative geography.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 10, 2020

So, I ended up naming the business after the place where it was born — Kansas City, Kansas. Thanks to Tim Sims, Kansas-Sleep ! #25- Some ideas I considered were using acronyms, foreign words, abbreviations. But eventually, one of my friends advised me to use a location-driven name. 25- What we provide.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

And so I started solo, but by the time I got to Kansas I was riding with two other guys 24 7, we became close friends. I think it was Nickerson, Kansas. John Jantsch (19:21): So I've spent a lot of time in Kansas. I can't imagine that there was a gastro pub in Nickerson, Kansas. John Jantsch (17:30): Yeah.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2014

L3Cs were first formed in 2008, and are currently only legal in Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, North Dakota, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming, as well as the federal jurisdictions of the Crow Indian Nation of Montana, and the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 5, 2018

This week on the Duct Tape Marketing podcast, I sit down with Matt Scanlon, owner of The Hill KC in Kansas City. His business today is a hybrid: While they still have traditional CrossFit classes, they have also expanded into offering corporate wellness products (with digital products to support an audience outside of the Kansas City area).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2013

I’ll pick a mythical company in Kansas City. “I live and work in Kansas City. Here’s what I would do if I were you. For starters I’d try to raise my initial capital locally. Next I’d research every VC in the country and find people who grew up in or near KC. and say the following.

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deal architect

APRIL 15, 2018

I did not get much notice for the Oracle MCX event in Chicago this week, so could only spend a day there, but even in that short timeframe I got the vibe over and over that things are finally humming.

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deal architect

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

You know you are not in Kansas anymore when the morning keynote begins with Malcolm Gladwell and the state of oncology circa 1955, and the evening keynote by President Bill Clinton makes you ponder what astrophysics will teach circa 2055.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

It’s based in Kansas City (Sprint’s headquarters) and is our fourth powered by Techstars accelerator, joining Nike , Kaplan , and R/GA. I’m an enormous fan of four things about the Sprint Accelerator – what we call “PBTS” (powered by Techstars), mobile health, Kansas City, and Sprint.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Another example is the City Table Leadership website that is created for the city of Kansas. A key feature that is highly valued to people in leadership positions, is their ability to view data and see the different types of engagement their employees take part in.

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deal architect

APRIL 15, 2018

I did not get much notice for the Oracle MCX event in Chicago this week, so could only spend a day there, but even in that short timeframe I got the vibe over and over that things are finally humming.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Yesterday Techstars announced the launch of Techstars Kansas City. I have a long history with Kansas City. I almost grew up in Kansas City, as the two cities my parents looked at when moving from Boston were Kansas City and Dallas (they chose Dallas.) The post Techstars in Kansas City appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 18, 2013

The chance to apply to win a slot to live in my Google Fiber enabled house in Kansas City are open for one more week – ending on March 25th at 17:00 CDT. I’m looking for entrepreneurs who are committed to living in Kansas City for a year who have a unique and novel approach to taking advantage of 1 gigibit Internet.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Remember you used to be living in Kansas City, I think right back in the old days. And then if you want to examine what we can do for you to help your team and yourself succeed, and whether you're a startup, there's no better way to start than to make sure you create trust with you as the first prototype employee.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 17, 2013

I’m fascinated about what is going on in Kansas City around Google Fiber and rather than observe, I decided to participate. Startup Communities fiberhood homes for hackers kansas city kc fiberhouse kc startup village' As I’ve mentioned before, I’m doing this as an experiment around Startup Communities.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

And so they could call themselves Kansas city power and light. But now that they've joined forces and they're no longer sort of the monopolistic utility, Kansas city power and light now ever G a V E R G Y. And I think it's the worst name in the world. You can find out more about the book and some articles I've written about naming.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 17, 2014

Tech Startup Scene in Kansas City Is Red Hot! Long referred to as the “Silicon Prairie,” Kansas City is quietly making its mark as a great place for startups of all flavors. If you’ve not checked out the startup scene in Kansas City you’re missing out! photo credit: Moose Winans via photopin cc.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 21, 2020

He is a speaker, MC and a television announcer with 25 years or so under his belt, the last 12 with the Kansas City Royals. John Jantsch: I have to tell you, first off, a lot of my listeners know that I’m in Kansas City and that I’m a Kansas City Royals fan that I got a solid single off of Monte at fantasy camp.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 14, 2011

So if you search Marketing Agencies Kansas City, MO you get one set of listing and if you add something like “digital work&# to the search the list changes based on words in the reviews. Today Google added an interesting twist to Google Maps searches called Descriptive Terms that injects another dynamic – search optimized reviews.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Or the growth of Dwolla in Iowa or C2FO being built in Kansas City? So when my friend Willis Jackson from Kansas City asked Cintrifuse the question “how did you get Mark Suster to Cincinnati” the answer was obvious. 20 years ago could you have imagined ExactTarget becoming a multi-billion company in Indianapolis?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

A sexually confused 30-something in Kansas! Remember that averages lie. There are no average people. What’s the average of a 12-year old girl in California and a 50-year old man in Toronto? And then companies optimize for that target group. Breaking rule #1 again. Always compare data between segments and distributions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2021

Finding a high-tech co-founder in the middle of Kansas may be a long search. If you were impressed with someone’s drive and capabilities in a prior work role, now is the time to connect again to check their interest and availability, or recommendations they may offer. Relocate to a more likely geography.

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Feld Thoughts

JULY 7, 2015

I’m running another competition for a startup to live for a year for free in my Kansas City FiberHouse. When I bought my house in Kansas City in 2013 , I announced my intentions clearly. As part of helping create the Kansas City startup community. “I’m not going to be living in it. The third year could be you!

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 20, 2016

On Tuesday 10/25 from 4pm – 6pm I’ll be hosting a discussion and happy hour with David Cohen where we will discuss what’s next for Techstars in Kansas City. The post 10/25: What’s New For Techstars in Kansas City appeared first on Feld Thoughts. Register here.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

There are plenty of places within a 40 minute commute of the city that are quite reasonable and even might I say cheap (compared to other cities, not compared to Kansas). > You don’t have to live in the West Village.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Matt Scanlon is a fellow Kansas City business owner. And while the stories come from Army life, they’re applicable to anyone in a position of leadership. Click here to listen to the episode. Matt Scanlon – Managing an Expanding Business, With Your Mission Guiding the Way.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2011

It’s hard to believe that the man who created Mickey Mouse and co-founded one of the biggest motion picture production companies ever faced rejection, but in 1919, Walt Disney was fired from his job at the Kansas City Star because he supposedly lacked imaginative ideas.

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Feld Thoughts

APRIL 17, 2014

” Kauffman did a study of 1 Million Cups , a program that was launched at Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City and is expanding rapidly around the US with it now in 33 communities in 21 states. Colorado has two – a 1 Million Cups in Denver and 1 Million Cups in Fort.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I spent the day in Kansas City yesterday at the Kauffman Foundation for my first Startup Weekend board meeting. I’m psyched to join some other super smart people on the board, which includes Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation; Steve Blank, serial entrepreneur and author; entrepreneurship lecturer at U.C.

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Feld Thoughts

JUNE 23, 2014

In an effort to experiment with a different approach, we recently led an AngelList syndicated investment in one potential search challenger, a Kansas City based startup called Leap.it who is taking a different approach based on the belief that machine-based algorithms can only get you so far.

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Feld Thoughts

MAY 7, 2014

But even that feels slow after hanging out at my Google fiberhouse in Kansas City and getting 800/? (I For example, on Skybeam I’m paying for “up to 15/3.” ” At my office, on Comcast, I usually get 75/25. I don’t remember what the upload speed was.).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Finding a high-tech co-founder in the middle of Kansas may be a long search. If you were impressed with someone’s drive and capabilities in a prior work role, now is the time to connect again to check their interest and availability, or recommendations they may offer. Relocate to a more likely geography.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Matt Watson: Based in the Kansas City area. We didn’t talk about this ahead of time, but that’s what I’m standing in Kansas City, Missouri recording this. John Jantsch: Where was the headquarters for VinSolutions? John Jantsch: That’s what I thought. Matt Watson: Yeah. John Jantsch: That’s what I thought.

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