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Kansas City to host summit on “the New American City” Dec. 3-4
A swarm of mayors, business executives and other civic-minded leaders from across the United States and Canada will descend on Kansas City Dec. 3-4 for the CityAge Summit on the New American City, a conference exploring the future of American cities and their role in building a strong economy and healthy society. The event will…
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Brad Dwyer tells the Hatchlings story at BIZ luncheon (Video)
When Brad Dwyer created Hatchlings in 2008, he was a college sophomore who viewed the game as little more than an entertaining way to pass a weekend in the dorms. “At the time,” Dwyer said, “I just thought it was going to be another fun project that I did.” Far from it. Hatchlings, a game…
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High school side project grows into full-time business for Revdel founder
What started for Patrick Stoddart as an idea to make extracurricular groups more functional when he was in high school in Lee’s Summit, Mo. has turned into a full-blown startup. At 16, Stoddart founded RED by Revdel, a web-based application that allows large organizations to communicate with and engage their members. Now 20, Stoddart launched…