Yearly Archives: 2018

Teen Entrepreneur Aims High

High-achieving, eighteen-year-old Erin Smith will not be following her friends to college this fall. Instead, she’ll delay her entrance to Stanford University to take the next step in developing her medical technology venture, FacePrint. For the past two years, Smith has been working with the UMKC Small Business & Technology Development Center (SBTDC) on a [...]

By |2018-08-15T15:02:35-05:00August 15th, 2018|Success Stories|Comments Off on Teen Entrepreneur Aims High

What is ELEVATIONLAB?

By Carmen DeHart Are you dreaming of a new business idea or ready to position your existing business for growth? ELEVATIONLAB launched in the fall of 2017 to help businesses at all stages with classes and workshops designed for entrepreneurial success. ELEVATIONLAB is THE training programs of the Missouri SBDC at UMKC , offering classes [...]

By |2021-02-18T11:38:17-06:00July 12th, 2018|Blog|Comments Off on What is ELEVATIONLAB?

A Cut Above

Dane Casey and his wife moved to Kansas City from San Francisco, California in 2017 to pursue his dream to open Venturemen Barbering Shoppe. After years of research and training Dane will celebrate a grand opening this summer in the crossroads arts district of Kansas City. Dane’s passion is to create a space that welcomes [...]

By |2018-07-10T09:38:15-05:00July 9th, 2018|Success Stories|Comments Off on A Cut Above

TicketRX makes it easier to resolve traffic tickets

Everyone hates getting a traffic ticket and then trying to resolve it without going to court. But for over-the-road truck drivers, an unresolved traffic ticket can mean lost income or a lost job. Bryan Shannon’s own experience as a college student led him to create TicketRX to make the resolution process easier. TicketRX is a [...]

By |2018-10-24T08:09:43-05:00June 13th, 2018|Success Stories|Comments Off on TicketRX makes it easier to resolve traffic tickets

iShare Medical creates records in one secure file

What if your medical records could follow you from doctor to specialist to hospital and always be complete, secure and easily shared? That’s the concept behind iShare Medical, a Kansas City based company that has grown with the assistance of the UMKC Small Business & Technology Development Center (SBTDC). The company contracts with 23 federal [...]

By |2018-05-14T16:00:29-05:00May 14th, 2018|Success Stories|Comments Off on iShare Medical creates records in one secure file
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