Why someone who’s in charge of drumming up KC startup synergy hates the buzz word

A serial entrepreneur who runs a corporate-backed startup effort in Kansas City has become a key link between big and fledgling businesses.

The Kansas City Business Journal featured Jeff Shackelford, director of Digital Sandbox KC — a program of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Innovation Center — in Friday’s weekly edition as this week’s Newsmaker. Read more.


Tags: , , .
  • Recent UMKC News

    $20 Million Scholarship Article in The Kansas City Star

    KC Scholars partnership also in U.S. News and World Report … Read more

    Geosciences Professor’s Research Cited in New York Times

    Fengpeng Sun co-authored study on California wildfire seasons The 2015 … Read more

    Bloch Faculty Interviewed on NBC Nightly News

    Brent Never teaches about Kansas City’s racial dividing line Never … Read more

    More