Tag: small https://info.cousinjimmys.com/taxonomy/term/73/all/http%3Cp%3E%3Ca%20href%3D en Complex risks bring community kudos for creative entrepreneur honored by KC Chamber https://info.cousinjimmys.com/complex-risks-bring-community-kudos-creative-entrepreneur-honored-kc-chamber <p>Keisha Jordan didn’t know what saying “yes” to a job in Kansas City would unlock when she first relocated in 2020, she said, reflecting on a full-circle moment Tuesday after winning a top arts honor from the KC Chamber during its celebration of small business and entrepreneurs.</p><p><a href="https://info.cousinjimmys.com/complex-risks-bring-community-kudos-creative-entrepreneur-honored-kc-chamber" target="_blank">read more</a></p> kansas city personal small Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:28:34 +0000 admin 760297 at https://info.cousinjimmys.com KC’s top emerging business is brewing more than just beer at 18th and Vine, owners say https://info.cousinjimmys.com/kc%E2%80%99s-top-emerging-business-brewing-more-just-beer-18th-and-vine-owners-say <p>Winning the Emerging Small Business Award is validation that Vine Street Brewing Co. — Missouri’s first Black-owned brewery — is tapped into what the community wants and needs, two of its owners said Tuesday.</p><p><a href="https://info.cousinjimmys.com/kc%E2%80%99s-top-emerging-business-brewing-more-just-beer-18th-and-vine-owners-say" target="_blank">read more</a></p> bonds kansas city small Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:00:18 +0000 admin 760298 at https://info.cousinjimmys.com Their engineering firm built a legacy in KC; why these KC Chamber winners are rebranding https://info.cousinjimmys.com/their-engineering-firm-built-legacy-kc-why-these-kc-chamber-winners-are-rebranding <p>A streamlined brand identity for one of the Midwest’s most influential engineering firms positions “T&B” as one of the secret weapons behind the evolution of Kansas City, the company announced, just moments after earning a top small business award from the KC Chamber.</p><p><a href="https://info.cousinjimmys.com/their-engineering-firm-built-legacy-kc-why-these-kc-chamber-winners-are-rebranding" target="_blank">read more</a></p> equity financial kansas city small Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:29:33 +0000 admin 760284 at https://info.cousinjimmys.com Founder’s resolve earns KC mental health practice ‘Small Business of the Year’ title https://info.cousinjimmys.com/founder%E2%80%99s-resolve-earns-kc-mental-health-practice-%E2%80%98small-business-year%E2%80%99-title <p><i>Editor’s note: The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce is a non-financial partner of Startland News, which serves as the media partner for the Small Business Superstars program.</i></p> <p></p> <p>Kansas City’s newest Small Business of the Year is on a years-long journey to create safe, inclusive spaces for its clients and team, the resilient entrepreneur behind the venture said Tuesday.</p><p><a href="https://info.cousinjimmys.com/founder%E2%80%99s-resolve-earns-kc-mental-health-practice-%E2%80%98small-business-year%E2%80%99-title" target="_blank">read more</a></p> equity financial kansas city media personal small Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:07:17 +0000 admin 760259 at https://info.cousinjimmys.com How a Small Architecture Firm Designs Texas’s Prettiest Rest Areas https://info.cousinjimmys.com/how-small-architecture-firm-designs-texas%E2%80%99s-prettiest-rest-areas <img width="1024" height="640" src="https://img.texasmonthly.com/2025/05/brooks-county-safety-rest-area-1.jpg?auto=compress&crop=faces&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=640&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&w=1024&wpsize=large" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Brooks County Safety Rest Area" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://img.texasmonthly.com/2025/05/brooks-county-safety-rest-area-1.jpg?auto=compress&crop=faces&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=188&ixlib=php-3.3.1&q=45&w=300&wpsize=medium 300w, https://img.texasmonthly.com/2025/05/brooks-county-safety-rest-area-1.jpg?auto=compress&crop=faces&fit<p><a href="https://info.cousinjimmys.com/how-small-architecture-firm-designs-texas%E2%80%99s-prettiest-rest-areas" target="_blank">read more</a></p> small texas Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:06:00 +0000 admin 760224 at https://info.cousinjimmys.com Dozer debut: Indoor sandbox concept revives zero-screens play for JoCo children https://info.cousinjimmys.com/dozer-debut-indoor-sandbox-concept-revives-zero-screens-play-joco-children <p>A giant sandbox playroom in Johnson County evokes a simpler era, said Justin Finn, whose immersive entertainment concept for children opens Tuesday in Leawood.</p> <p>“No screens,” explained Finn. “I like to say it’s how we grew up as kids. Imagination, the wheels turning.”</p><p><a href="https://info.cousinjimmys.com/dozer-debut-indoor-sandbox-concept-revives-zero-screens-play-joco-children" target="_blank">read more</a></p> facebook kansas city media New York small social trades Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:00:23 +0000 admin 760223 at https://info.cousinjimmys.com This Summer We’re Eating in Grocery Stores https://info.cousinjimmys.com/summer-we%E2%80%99re-eating-grocery-stores <img src="https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/b02/78b/53bf617755e57d3fe28fe8e747e3f4a461-202505017-Day1-Labay-DSC3040-CROP-REFERE.2x.rhorizontal.w710.jpg"> Photo: Scott Semler <p>Something exciting is happening inside the city’s supermarkets, bakeries, spice emporiums, Italian grocers, butcher shops, and Korean delis: They’re becoming eating destinations of their own.<p><a href="https://info.cousinjimmys.com/summer-we%E2%80%99re-eating-grocery-stores" target="_blank">read more</a></p> apple facebook New York oil small social stocks Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:00:41 +0000 admin 759921 at https://info.cousinjimmys.com Prayer-built coffee shop brews holistic healing with fuel from Grandview father’s faith https://info.cousinjimmys.com/prayer-built-coffee-shop-brews-holistic-healing-fuel-grandview-father%E2%80%99s-faith <p>GRANDVIEW, Mo. — Nate Thomas saw something others didn’t in the near-windowless former Masonic lodge and one-time Christian school in southern Jackson County, he said. The Missouri father-of-two envisioned a gathering place with handcrafted coffee and holistic care under one roof.</p> <p>“Through prayer and patience, the Lord blessed us with this huge space,” said Thomas, a Grandview chiropractor and founder of <a href="https://www.asecoffee.com/">ASE Coffee</a>, 1800 Highgrove Road. “It became available, and we were able to purchase it and build it out.”</p><p><a href="https://info.cousinjimmys.com/prayer-built-coffee-shop-brews-holistic-healing-fuel-grandview-father%E2%80%99s-faith" target="_blank">read more</a></p> options small trade Sat, 14 Jun 2025 12:05:23 +0000 admin 759514 at https://info.cousinjimmys.com ‘Volatile times’: C2FO targets capital access to businesses rattled by global tariff disruptions https://info.cousinjimmys.com/%E2%80%98volatile-times%E2%80%99-c2fo-targets-capital-access-businesses-rattled-global-tariff-disruptions <p>Companies — especially small businesses with limited banking options — need liquidity during times of global economic uncertainty, said Sandy Kemper, detailing C2FO’s fruitful efforts to meet growing demand for fast capital amid unpredictable tariff-related disruptions.</p><p><a href="https://info.cousinjimmys.com/%E2%80%98volatile-times%E2%80%99-c2fo-targets-capital-access-businesses-rattled-global-tariff-disruptions" target="_blank">read more</a></p> apple finance kansas city management options small Fri, 13 Jun 2025 20:01:58 +0000 admin 759515 at https://info.cousinjimmys.com KC BizCare receives $20K grant to promote economic mobility ahead of 2026 World Cup https://info.cousinjimmys.com/kc-bizcare-receives-20k-grant-promote-economic-mobility-ahead-2026-world-cup <p>A sixth-month initiative to rapidly boost small businesses and entrepreneurs in Kansas City is expected to help KCMO leaders drive readiness for the massive influx of FIFA World Cup visitors in summer 2026.</p> <p><a href="https://www.nlc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The National League of Cities</a> (NLC) this week awarded Kansas City a $20,000 grant and expert guidance to promote economic mobility in the city ahead of the unprecedented, 40-day sports event that is expected to bring 650,000 professional soccer fans to the region.</p><p><a href="https://info.cousinjimmys.com/kc-bizcare-receives-20k-grant-promote-economic-mobility-ahead-2026-world-cup" target="_blank">read more</a></p> fund kansas city small Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:54:43 +0000 admin 759339 at https://info.cousinjimmys.com GEWKC submissions open: Organizers seek community-sourced ideas for fall event series https://info.cousinjimmys.com/gewkc-submissions-open-organizers-seek-community-sourced-ideas-fall-event-series <p>One of Kansas City’s largest interactive educational experiences for entrepreneurs is inviting community members to drive the conversation when Global Entrepreneurship Week returns in November.</p><p><a href="https://info.cousinjimmys.com/gewkc-submissions-open-organizers-seek-community-sourced-ideas-fall-event-series" target="_blank">read more</a></p> equity kansas city small Thu, 12 Jun 2025 21:53:38 +0000 admin 759149 at https://info.cousinjimmys.com Pitt’s Is Country Couture https://info.cousinjimmys.com/pitt%E2%80%99s-country-couture <img src="https://pyxis.nymag.com/v1/imgs/338/1f5/be41e4b68b20192993093e8e151ae90dfb-pitts.2x.rhorizontal.w710.jpg"> Photo: Hugo Yu <p>When Jeremy Salamon, of <a href="https://agiscounter.com/">Agi’s Counter</a> in Crown Heights, opened a second restaurant, I would not have guessed that the standard-bearer of Hungarian Jewish cooking’s party-of-one revival movement would go so goyische. Salamon had just published <em>Second Generation</em>, a cookbook devoted to keeping alive the traditions of his grandmother, Agi, who survived Holocaust-era Budapest.<p><a href="https://info.cousinjimmys.com/pitt%E2%80%99s-country-couture" target="_blank">read more</a></p> New York small social Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:00:31 +0000 admin 758819 at https://info.cousinjimmys.com KCMO sets aside $1.4M to get small biz, artists in the front door before World Cup arrives https://info.cousinjimmys.com/kcmo-sets-aside-14m-get-small-biz-artists-front-door-world-cup-arrives <p>A city-led and funded effort to fill vacant storefronts in downtown Kansas City ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup is still taking shape, officials said this week, noting that crafting the infrastructure for the program alongside private property owners is expected to extend through the summer.</p><p><a href="https://info.cousinjimmys.com/kcmo-sets-aside-14m-get-small-biz-artists-front-door-world-cup-arrives" target="_blank">read more</a></p> austin facebook fund kansas city media revenue small video Tue, 10 Jun 2025 21:29:28 +0000 admin 758686 at https://info.cousinjimmys.com Global startups plug into Topeka: How Kansas connections are powering their innovation https://info.cousinjimmys.com/global-startups-plug-topeka-how-kansas-connections-are-powering-their-innovation <p>TOPEKA — Collaboration in the Midwest is just a call away, said Romaine Redman. It’s a reality that sets the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem apart, he added, and a heartland trait that seeds Topeka’s Plug and Play accelerator with the potential for international impact.</p><p><a href="https://info.cousinjimmys.com/global-startups-plug-topeka-how-kansas-connections-are-powering-their-innovation" target="_blank">read more</a></p> financial kansas city small technology video Sat, 07 Jun 2025 03:58:59 +0000 admin 758201 at https://info.cousinjimmys.com The Gruesome and the Infernal Bring Her Back https://info.cousinjimmys.com/gruesome-and-infernal-bring-her-back The Philippou brothers discuss staying small for their big movie small Fri, 06 Jun 2025 19:07:00 +0000 admin 758184 at https://info.cousinjimmys.com