Technology
Forbes has released a ranking of the top 10 rising cities for startups. Topping the list at number one is Columbus, Ohio, and coming in at number two is St. Louis. According to the report, “the value of venture capital…
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With an attempt to increase transparency in the food supply chain and better connect farmer owners with customers, Dairy Farmers of America will test blockchain technology by partnering with the food tech startup, ripe.io. David Darr, DFA vice president of…
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A couple of weeks ago, new chancellor Mauli Agrawal spoke at a meeting of regional business executives, and recounted a conversation he'd had earlier this summer, just after arriving at UMKC. How, he asked of Kevin Truman, dean of the…
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Before you can compile a roster of the most influential business executives in a market of nearly 3 million people, you first must define what it means to have influence as an executive, what it means to wield that power,…
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In a move that heralds the changing nature of Sprint's relationship with the region, the telecom giant has announced its plans to sell its Overland Park campus and lease only the space the company needs. Sprint's CEO, Michel Combes, announced…
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The KCRise Fund has added two new Kansas City startups to its portfolio: Main Street Data and PayIt. Main Street Data is an agriculture data analytics company headquartered in Kansas City. They boast a web tool called Validator that aggregates…
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It's hard to escape the world of social media in 2018. Your business undoubtedly uses it for marketing or news releases, your family uses it for fun and to be informed and your employees use it in the same way. …
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There is a looming deadline in the European Union but its effects will be felt worldwide. On Friday, businesses will have to be in compliance with the GDPR, or General Data Protection Regulation, which the EU passed in 2016. Essentially,…
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A study released by the University of Missouri news bureau today states that a group of physicists at MU have "applied for a patent for a magnetic material that employs a unique structure—a “honeycomb” lattice that exhibits distinctive electronic properties."…
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Kansas City will be one of the first cities to get 5G technology from Sprint in the first half of 2019, the company announced Tuesday morning. New York City and Phoenix are the other two cities that will get the…
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