Tag: technology

Neat goes national: KU business alum takes his sweat-hiding T-shirt to ‘Shark Tank’ Nov. 4

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:13:15 +0000

It’s a neat pitch: shirts for men who sweat and would rather not show it: the job interview, the first date, the big presentation. Patented technology is built into the fabric so professionals look composed when it counts, Jim Huffman said, describing the product he’s sharing with TV’s highest-profile investors.

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The TAM Scam: Why the next economy won’t need your pitch deck’s market-size slide

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:57:36 +0000

For most of modern business history, directly observing economic activity was slow, expensive, or impossible. We developed proxies to compress uncertainty into numbers that executives, lenders, and investors could use. But as technology makes economic activity more observable, the proxies we built for an earlier era become harder to defend.

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Wearables founder offers a bear hug to KS innovation incentives; here’s why he hopes fellow startups are listening

admin — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:17:57 +0000

Bear Clark is proud that he and his EAR Micro team are building the latest in ear computer technology — innovation drawing interest from the likes of Google and Meta, he said — right here in Kansas. But Clark’s pride in the Sunflower State doesn’t stop with geography.

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Why nbkc bank is investing in an AI tech platform for its own routine mortgage business

admin — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:26:06 +0000

Investing in San Francisco-based Vesta — along with adoption of its loan origination system tech platform — reflects nbkc’s longstanding strategy for using advanced technology to simplify banking and improve customer service, said Pat Schlimmer.

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Critical hire: Founder-turned-VC scout joins Technology Venture Studio as senior director

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:58:43 +0000

Kela Ivonye’s arrival at UMKC’s Technology Venture Studio couldn’t have come at a better time, said Maria Meyers, touting the award-winning startup founder’s lived experience as a tech leader, venture scout and ecosystem builder.

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The Week’s Biggest News in Brief: Sept. 24-30

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000

The Week’s Biggest News in Brief: Sept. 24-30

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Event series explores AI’s unglamorous underbelly: the place where innovation breaks or sticks

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 15:59:00 +0000

Kansas City-built AI platform Intuidy is inviting engineers, business operators, entrepreneurs, students, and civic and technology leaders to bring their real-world problems to Spark Coworking on Oct. 29 for Let’s Build It — an evening of breakout sessions led by Intuidy’s team, engineers and customers.

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TOMO Mags Works to Restore the Austin Community’s Relationship With News

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000

TOMO Mags Works to Restore the Austin Community’s Relationship With News

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000

Contract Confusion Cuts Music Short at Pecan Street Festival

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:05:48 +0000

Contract Confusion Cuts Music Short at Pecan Street Festival

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:05:48 +0000

The Week’s Biggest News in Brief: Sept. 10-16

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000

The Week’s Biggest News in Brief: Sept. 10-16

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:00:00 +0000

The First Keynote and Featured Sessions for SXSW 2027 Are Here

admin — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:25:00 +0000

The countdown to SXSW 2027 officially begins with our first round of Keynote and Featured Session announcements, and we couldn’t be more excited to share them!