Startland News Interviews Bridge Space Founder, Ben Rao

Amber Monaco • January 5, 2018

Just as the Kansas City Star is noticing Bridge Space’s progress , so is Startland News. In late 2017, Startland News interviewed Bridge Space founder, Ben Rao.

If you’re unfamiliar with Startland News, they are an online magazine focusing on local innovation: entrepreneurs, startups, government, educators and corporations in Kansas City.

For an online magazine that notices innovation, Bridge Space is the perfect facility to cover.  Not only is Bridge Space a coworking space with private offices for rent, we’re an entrepreneur incubator.

We accelerate growth.

We are a community.

For the community to thrive, the facility is more than desks and chairs.  Startland News quickly understood that every piece of this project will “build character into the Lee’s Summit facility [and will create] an experience for coworking members, rather than just a place to work.”  Finding a place to work is easy; finding community and inspiration is what you’ll find at Bridge Space.

 

 

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