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Newsy scores long-term editorial relationship with MSN News
In the middle of Missouri, paired with one of the top-rated journalism programs in the country, Newsy has quietly fostered big-league media relationships to share its multi-source video news service. Today, the Columbia, Mo.-based startup announced a long-term relationship with MSN News to collaboratively produce up to 20 videos per day for the network. …
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Don’t sweat, QuickCal maker’s app helps users exercise more efficiently
The folks who brought you QuickCal, the top-selling iOS scheduling app, are back, and this time they’re helping organize your workouts. Smelly Puppy’s latest app, Zones, hit the App Store in February as a result of Omaha developer James Boutcher’s frustrating experiences at the gym. While he was on a metabolic heart rate workout plan,…
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Sioux City team wins first Startup Weekend Spencer
Morningside College junior Blake Anderson thinks of most of his great ideas in the shower. After scribbling his inspiration down on spare slips of paper, he takes the idea to his partner and sounding board Sean Richardson, a recent Morningside graduate. This time, the idea that struck him and went on to impress the Startup…
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Neighbor.ly to expand scope with $175K grant from Knight Foundation
Fresh off its inclusion in the Points of Light Civic Accelerator, Kansas City-based crowdfunding startup Neighbor.ly has received a $175,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to scale its operations. “With its expansion more people will be able to get involved in decision-making in their communities, while governments and change makers…
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EyeVerify CEO Toby Rush happy to be honest with young startups
Toby Rush has just about seen it all in when it comes to startups, first in growing Rush Tracking Systems to a cash sale in 2011, and now as CEO of EyeVerify, which develops biometrics software. He recently spoke with the Kansas City Business Journal about how he’s tried to pass those …