Kauffman Foundation Awards $840K to Accelerate KC Programs and Entrepreneurial Success

Kansas City is determined to become America’s most entrepreneurial city, and once again, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has made it clear—we got your back, KC. On Tuesday, the Foundation granted eight local venture accelerators $840,000 in awards through their KC Accelerator Challenge. “Our goal is to increase entrepreneurial success in...

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ScaleUP! Kansas City Reveals Sixth Cohort of Kansas City Business Owners

These Kansas City business owners are primed, pumped and ready to grow. Meet the next 16 companies that will go through the ScaleUP! Kansas City program and get the community, confidence and curriculum they need to accelerate their businesses and jump start revenue growth. Like their five cohorts of business owners that have...

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ScaleUP! Kansas City Reveals Fifth (!) Cohort

These business owners are primed, pumped and ready to grow. Meet the next 15 companies that will go through the ScaleUP! Kansas City program and get the community, confidence and curriculum they need to accelerate their homegrown Kansas City businesses toward their first million in revenue. Like their predecessors, this new batch...

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16 KC Companies Prepare their Small Businesses for Big Growth

The ScaleUP! Kansas City program has just welcomed its third cohort of 16 companies. Like their predecessors, this new batch of small business entrepreneurs lead businesses located across the Kansas City metro and represent such varied industries as marketing, communications, retail merchandising, food, fitness, ecommerce, property preservation and more. “We continue...

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