KCnext - The Technology Council of Greater KC, hosted its annual Reverse Pitch event to a sold-out crowd at Union Station.

In the early days of telephone use, calls were connected by an operator. Almon Strowger, a Kansas City undertaker, suspected his local operator was directing his calls to a competing undertaker.

The innovative and pioneering spirit of Kansas City can be traced back to the days of the wagon trains heading west on the Oregon, California and Santa Fe trails.