Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to the state’s entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode:

• 0:53 - How Kansas City's AMC Theatres responded to the challenge posed by the upstart MoviePass

• 4:30 - What a new World Health Organization classification could mean to the burgeoning esports industry

• 8:25 - Two efforts announced this week to fund Kansas City startups

• 11:40 - A Q&A with Zach Pettet, managing director of Kansas City's new Fountain City Fintech accelerator

• 17:30 - A look at important numbers from the week in entrepreneurship news

Check out our website for more: http://www.missouribusinessalert.com/sections/multimedia/podcasts/

Thank you to Podington Bear (soundofpicture.com) for this episodes music!

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to the state’s entrepreneurs. This week’s episode covers:

• 0:39 - Gov. Mike Parson meeting Missouri businesses

• 5:04 - Net neutrality's repeal and its effect on local startups

• 8:24 - Answers founder David Karandish's new AI startup

•10:45 - Reporter Kristoffer Tigue's trip to Kansas City to learn about Ripple Glass

• 16:44 - A look at numbers from the week in entrepreneurship news

Check out our website for more: http://www.missouribusinessalert.com/sections/multimedia/podcasts/

Thank you to Podington Bear (soundofpicture.com) for this episodes music!