KCSourceLink just released its sixth annual state of entrepreneurship report, which reveals that 50 percent of 2018’s top venture capital-funded companies in Kansas City got their start with early-stage investment programs that emerged after 2012. KCSourceLink, a local entrepreneurial network, has published its “We Create KC” report for the last five years, which covers six imperatives identified as key areas of development in the region’s entrepreneurship and economic growth. According to…

Central Exchange has opened registration for its 16th annual Leadership Lyceum, Kansas City’s largest leadership development conference. The day-long conference will take place April 23 at the Overland Park Convention Center from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.  This year’s theme is “Invest in You: RISE.” The event, chaired by Commerce Bank’s Kevin Barth and Charlotte Kemper, will feature several afternoon breakout sessions as well as keynote speeches, including: Diana Kander, New York…