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Kansas City Needs To Embrace Failure To Support Its Entrepreneurs

By Steve Kraske,

Published October 22, 2015 at 3:19 PM CDT

The word "failure" generally has negative connotations but in the startup world, failure is considered a good thing. We talk about how it got its positive spin and how Kansas City could do a better job embracing it.

Guests:

Adam Arredondo is the co-founder of the Center of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development, or CEED. He is also the co-founder of KC Startup Village and experienced failure in his first business venture.
Joni Cobb is the founding President and CEO of Pipeline Entrepreneurs.
Bobby Burch is the founder of Startland News, a digital news platform that covers the startup community in Kansas City.

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