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Blog 1 month ago
Coffee shop owned by KC Current veterans relocating to riverfront neighborhood near stadium
Pitchside Coffee's new location will be just a goal kick away from CPKC Stadium, said co-owner and retired women's soccer standout Kristen Hamilton, brewing plans to relocate the popular coffee shop to the heart of the Kansas City Current's riverfront gam
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City greenlights 'Block One' of Luminary Park over I-670; It'll be all gas, no brakes to hit 2028 finish
A critical vote of support from Kansas City leaders this week helped lock in a mix of state and federal funding needed to make Roy Blunt Luminary Park a reality. But the move exchanges one ticking clock deadline for another, officials said, as the first l
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Inside the $112M Tickets For Less exit: Deal would tap live event tech, add sports verticals
A move to acquire Overland Park-built Tickets For Less for $112 million serves as a launching pad for Kustom Entertainment, said founder and CEO Stan Ross, giving the music industry veteran a tech boost in his bid to develop a fully integrated, end-to-end
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KC Symphony exec tries his hand at booktech founder after shelving dot-com era entrepreneurship
An injury that immobilized Danny Beckley's wrist put a sudden halt to his hobbies - from woodworking and gardening to piloting planes - but opened a new chapter on entrepreneurial side hustles and returned him to the tech world he'd previously left behind
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Million-dollar prize: Meet 10 KC companies vying for Startup World Cup, attention of global investors
KCSourceLink on Wednesday revealed the 10 companies advancing to the Startup World Cup's Kansas City regional tournament, where selected entrepreneurs will compete for a shot at the global pitch event's $1 million investment prize. Source
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Zaarly to cease operations Friday 'after 10 years of grinding' as a top KC startup
Leaders at a Prairie Village tech startup announced Monday their decade-long mission to fix a broken piece of the economy would come to a close later this week.
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News Startland News 6 years ago
$425M exit: BacklotCars selling to Indiana-based auto marketplace in 'milestone event' for KC
Five years after turning its ignition, Kansas City-revved BacklotCars is being acquired in a historic $425 million deal. Carmel, Indiana-based KAR Auction…
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Weed-destroying bots: Kansas startup scales chemical-free farming with fleet of four-wheeled doers
Startland News' Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas…
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News Startland News 7 years ago
Wooing a NextGen workforce? Millennials, Gen-Z will turn down jobs missing these 3 elements
Employment is always a give-and-take scenario, said Ross Quinn, but today's complex NextGen workforce wants more than a paycheck for time spent on the clock.
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