One Year In | Crema Moves to Shorter Name and Larger Team

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“One Year In” is a five-part series that revisits entrepreneurs highlighted on Flatland within the past year. We check on the progress of once-fledgling startups, see how the local entrepreneurship environment is treating them, and get to better understand their long-term decision-making. All interviews have been edited for length and clarity. Crema refers to the…

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1 Million Cups with LigoSphere and Royal Loyal

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Entrepreneurs filled their cups to the brim at 1 Million Cups early Wednesday morning at the Kauffman Foundation. Two Kansas City–based startups, LigoSphere and Royal Loyal, shared their early stage startups with the audience and each participated in a brief question and answer session after their presentations.

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1 Million Cups with yurJURY and My Strategic Shopping

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Kyle Geary — The Hale Center for Journalism Entrepreneurs packed into the auditorium at the Kauffman Foundation on an unseasonably chilly Wednesday morning to listen to presentations from two local startups: yurJURY and My Strategic Shopping. First up to the plate was yurJURY. Chris Lucas is the CEO and founder of the online startup which, according…

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1 Million Cups with The Fleet and Chai-Me.com

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Two startups presented in front of a packed house at the Kauffman Foundation for the weekly 1 Million Cups event Wednesday morning. Representatives from The Fleet and Chai-Me.com spoke to the caffeinated crowd about who they are and what their startups do.

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1 Million Cups with DropShades and CouponCloud

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Every Wednesday morning entrepreneurs fill the Kauffman Foundation to the brim for 1 Million Cups. This week DropShades and CouponCloud presented their companies in the auditorium lined with a few hundred audience members.

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