KC accepts 'Startup in a Day' challenge

The White House and U.S. Small Business Administration are challenging cities across the U.S. to cut the red tape for entrepreneurs, and Kansas City has accepted the challenge.

According to the Kansas City Business Journal, the Startup in the Day initiative would streamline the process for gaining permits and licenses at the local, state and federal level.

"We believe an entrepreneur’s time is best spent developing innovative products and services, creating jobs and growing local economies — not navigating red tape," President Barack Obama said in a release. "While fair zoning rules, licenses and permits are important to ensuring public safety and fair competition, it should not take more than a day for an entrepreneur to identify and apply, ideally through a single online tool, for all the licenses and permits he or she needs in order to responsibly launch a business."

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