Tag: management

Just funded: Meet the newest Digital Sandbox KC startups to earn project innovation resources

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 14:18:54 +0000

The latest round of Digital Sandbox KC funding reflects the region’s commitment to emerging digital health companies — as well as industry-agnostic ventures with big, bold ideas, said Jill Meyer.

“These seven startups have shown they have what it takes to be pioneers in their industries, and we’re honored to be able to propel them forward,” said Meyer, senior director of Technology Venture Studio, which houses Digital Sandbox KC. Digital Sandbox KC is again fueling early innovations so they can be tomorrow’s solutions to our most pressing problems.”

Peek inside: Engenious Design expands its hands-on R&D collaboration space in Prairie Village

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 12:00:23 +0000

A 56,000-square-foot design center for his business is about more than just space, said Chris Justice; it’s what’s inside the high-tech facility by design: people.

When Good Chefs Hide in Bad Rooms

admin — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 11:00:43 +0000

Photo: Hugo Yu

The otter burrows into habitats called holts, tunneling imperceptibly into the landscape to make its home. So, it seems, does the Otter, which opened this past September in the Manner hotel. It is as holtish a restaurant as you’re likely to find.

1 Million Cups relocating back to Kauffman Foundation, renewing weekly meetup’s energy, sense of purpose

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 22:27:22 +0000

After more than six years connecting entrepreneurs in Midtown, 1 Million Cups Kansas City is returning to its roots — relocating the weekly event series April 9 to the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center where the now-coast-to-coast morning meetup series first percolated.

This young baker tore up the instructions for starting a business (but kept all the best recipes)

admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:09:43 +0000

Overland Park cookie shop gets a new baker behind the counter, adding a frosted twist to familiar favorites

She learned to bake as a child by her grandmother’s side.

So by middle school, Maddie Callicott was so proficient she not only held popular bake sales, she printed up business cards for her “You Take the Cake” operation to generate more orders from family and friends.

Neighborhood smart cans help Kansas Citians save the planet from their kitchens

admin — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 20:19:20 +0000

Newly introduced composting technology is already turning new ground in Kansas City, Kristan Chamberlain said, with more solar-powered compost cans arriving later this spring across the metro’s urban landscape.

StartupNWA opens access to Northwest Arkansas ‘VC Immersions’ for Kansas City founders

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 16:30:43 +0000

SPRINGDALE, Arkansas — A program designed to connect entrepreneurs with top-tier venture capitalists — offering access to critical funding, mentorship and the essential relationships needed to secure investor support — is now accepting Kansas City applicants.

Why managing global teams requires navigating cultural nuances

admin — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:52:41 +0000

Editor’s note: The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone.

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So you think you’re CEO material? UMKC’s ‘CEO Academy’ puts that ambition to the test

admin — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:41:13 +0000

Aspiring executives with an eye on the C-suite need to be ready well before the opportunity arises, said Dan Hesse, leaning on his years of past experience as president and CEO of Sprint. It’s not about just being the boss, he emphasized.

“Of all the roles, that of the CEO is so different than any other in the company,” said Hesse, now co-host of The Mentors Radio podcast and a leader on several boards.
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Drinking Wasn’t a Perk of the Job. Drinking Was the Job.

admin — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:00:17 +0000
Photo: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo/Alamy Stock Photo
On a chilly November morning in 2001, a day off from work, I walked to Cibao Deli, on the corner of Avenue B and East 4th Street for a self-serve coffee. The man behind the counter had his radio tuned to 1010 WINS, the AM news station.
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KC-built Buzz acquired by Vegas tech company hoping to solve AI’s ‘last mile’ challenge in property management

admin — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 21:15:31 +0000

A leading property tech company is placing its bet on the Kansas City-built rent collections platform that Buzz brings to the table, announcing the AI-driven startup’s acquisition Tuesday by Las Vegas-based Pay Ready.
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How a toy car can recapture a moment (and put a little cash in this student’s pocket)

admin — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 18:23:25 +0000

Collecting toys is in Andrew Bates’ blood, the UMKC senior said — and now it’s in his wallet.

A supply chain management student at the university, Bates was exposed to the hunt for nostalgia early, he said; his father was snagging Hot Wheels for him before Bates was born.

“I was (slow) to embrace it,” the founder of Flame N’ Go Collectibles said of collecting toy cars. “But then I saw the money that could be involved with it, and thought ‘OK, these are actually kind of cool.’”
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COVID Changed the World But Not Restaurants

admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:00:16 +0000
Photo: Getty Images
Five years ago, every dining room in New York went dark.
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With the End of “Bags Fly Free,” Southwest Airlines Breaks Another Promise to Customers

admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:45:53 +0000
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Daupler closes $15M Series B to boost real-time responses to energy, water emergencies

admin — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 20:08:13 +0000

A Kansas City company’s latest funding round will help the startup manage critical infrastructure provided by utilities and municipalities — driving its growth within the electric utility market and accelerating international expansion into utilities in the United Kingdom and European Union.
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