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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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

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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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 20, 2020

Conversations on Kansas Public Radio – The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. John Jantsch appears on Conversations with host Dan Skinner on Kansas Public Radio to discuss his lastest book, The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur.

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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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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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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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Austin Startup

JUNE 24, 2017

Trey Bowles from The Dallas Entrepreneurship Center (The DEC), Joshua Baer from Capital Factory, JR Reale from Station Houston, and Preston James from DivInc together in Kansas City, MO for the Kauffman Foundation Eship Summit. This was my first time visiting Kansas City. Kansas City seems to be the Austin of the mid-west.

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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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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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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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Feld Thoughts

JULY 17, 2013

In Kansas City you bought a house and handed it over to some programmers. In your book, you say entrepreneurs need to make a 20-year commitment to a place. Does anyone really think in those time scales? How would you measure the success of a startup community? What’s the idea? If you want the answers, go read It’s Up to You, Entrepreneurs.

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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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Women Entrepreneurs Can

JULY 29, 2024

Steel erectors play vital roles in this endeavor, particularly in the dynamic industrial landscape of Kansas City, Missouri. In areas like Kansas City, companies specializing in steel erection are sought after for their proficiency in this process for buildings and installing metal roofing.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2020

In Kansas , workers comp insurance is required for all businesses with employees and with gross payroll over $20,000 a year. In Texas, workers’ compensation insurance is optional unless the business is a construction company on contract for the government. The Size of Your Business Might Matter. The Type of Employees You Have Might Matter.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Image source This doctrine originated in Kansas, where employers are in control of their employees. The Latin phrase means “let the master answer,” and it basically means that an employer is held liable for the negligent or wrongful acts of an employee if those acts occur within the course of employment.

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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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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Phil Singleton is the owner of Kansas City Web Design® , a web development firm specializing in SEO-friendly WordPress websites and custom website applications, and Kansas City SEO®, a full-service Internet marketing services company that provides organic search engine optimization and other online marketing services.

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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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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2014

Phil Singleton is the owner of Kansas City Web Design® , a web development firm specializing in SEO-friendly WordPress websites and custom website applications, and Kansas City SEO®, a full-service Internet marketing services company that provides organic search engine optimization and other online marketing services.

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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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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2012

The master of ceremonies for the weekend was Steve Chau, who hails from Kansas City (about four hours away by car) and who has run several weekends in other places for the past four years. Several teams also sent around surveys to the group email list to start doing some basic market research.

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Duct Tape Marketing

AUGUST 28, 2020

During a trip to Western Kansas with her family on New Year’s Day 2011, Laura watched the scenic Flint Hills roll by, while her feet were propped up on the car dashboard. Laura’s hard work and a positive attitude have resulted in success in the corporate world, in direct sales, and as a dedicated mother of three in Prairie Village, Kansas.

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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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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The conversation also touches on the challenges female CEOs face in the insurance industry and the unique advantages of Kansas City as a tech hub for health benefits innovation. Kansas City is a growing hub for health tech innovation. I'm in Kansas City, the average market has 68 to 133 plans to choose as an individual.

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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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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Pittsburgh has Duololingo, Columbia, MO has Equipment share, Madison has fetch Rewards, and Kansas City has Backlot Cars. The amount of venture capital raised nearly doubled from $9.8 billion in the 2018-2019 period to $10.1 billion in the 2019-2020 period, to $19.8 billion in the 2020-2021 period.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 21, 2020

On this episode of the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast, I visit with keynote speaker, leadership expert, and long-time Kansas City broadcaster Joel Goldberg. Goldberg has been a professional broadcaster for 25 years, and has been on the broadcast team with the Kansas City Royals since 2008.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 29, 2016

I’ve recently joined the board of directors and enjoyed spending two days in Kansas City immersed in things with the Kauffman Fellows, a bunch of friends, and a number of LPs and GPs that came to the event. As part of it, I gave a talk and did Q&A with Lesa Mitchell (now the Managing Director of Techstars Kansas City).

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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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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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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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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2022

For example, Kansas City Managed IT provides backup and restoration services to clients while considering each organization’s needs. A managed IT service can create all the backups you need and restore your data after an incident much better than you could on your own. There are different ways to back up data, and not all are equal.

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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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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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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

That’s the mission of Quicc , launched in 2019, in Wichita, Kansas. Tell us your favorite thing about being in Wichita, Kansas. I am also a die-hard Kansas City Chiefs fan (#ChiefsKingdom) and might even offer Patrick Mahomes some of my personal equity in Quicc if he promises to be a Chief forever.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 3, 2015

I made a few guest appearance, including in the long article about the Kansas City Startup Village. Entrepreneurship kansas city startup village kauffman foundation kauffman thoughtbook startup communities' The post Kauffman Thoughtbook 2015 appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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