Tag: kansas city

Grateful for this moment (again): Fantrepreneurs back in play as Super Bowl boosts small biz

admin — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 21:58:45 +0000

A blitz of Super Bowl-bound Chiefs-inspired playoff sales feels like a winning two-point conversion after a holiday season touchdown for Kansas City makers; many of whom in recent years have seen their longtime fandom intertwined with their businesses’ bottom lines.

KC team leaves its mark on Superdome; How your gameday Super Bowl view could be thanks to this Lenexa firm

admin — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 20:34:52 +0000

A five-year, $560-million renovation at the Ceasars Superdome in New Orleans culminates Feb. 9 in a Super Bowl rematch featuring the hometown team of an engineering firm responsible for much of the work at the massive historic arena.

K-State accelerator opens applications to startups; university dives deeper into regional K-State 105 initiative

admin — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:50:15 +0000

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro.

MANHATTAN, Kansas — Sunflower State startups are invited to apply for Kansas State University’s entrepreneurship accelerator, which now boasts a more-than-10-year track record, as well as a refined focus on economic development.

Prefix Coffee opens another shop in downtown KC, pulling closer to drive-thru service

admin — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:50:05 +0000

Owners of the family-run Prefix Coffee hope its newest location in downtown Kansas City will make the shop — known for its in-house roasted specialty coffee and fresh pastries — the go-to spot for the nearby Power & Light District and government buildings surrounding City Hall.

Aussie livestock tech company tags Johnson County for its new North American HQ

admin — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 19:49:58 +0000

An Australian leader in direct-to-satellite animal monitoring technology announced its plans Wednesday to establish North American headquarters at the Aspiria Campus in Overland Park — bringing a half-dozen jobs and paving the way for more tech innovators from Australia to land in the local market.

Competition opening its call for startups to pitch at UMKC (founders who’ve finished growing need not apply)

admin — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:22:22 +0000

UMKC’s support for entrepreneurship doesn’t stop at the edge of campus, said Adam Larson, detailing plans for another startup competition between established Kansas City companies during this spring’s Regnier Venture Creation Challenge.

Superstars’ palette of impact dips into diverse industries: Here’s how a KC muralist creates his own economic progress

admin — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:40:29 +0000

Each individual brush stroke plays a role in painting the broader picture of economic development in Kansas City, said Daniel Montoute, reflecting on how a single entrepreneur can impact the region within the collective blend of communities.

Down for donuts: How this team is sweetening Chiefs’ Super Bowl sugar rush with Mr. D’s(fense)

admin — Tue, 28 Jan 2025 18:50:01 +0000

Another return trip to the Super Bowl has Kansas City small businesses joining the Chiefs as behind-the-scenes special teams fueling the Kingdom. For entrepreneur Johnny Chen, the mere taste of victory just a few years ago has multiplied into a box-full of opportunities.

Spokes Café banks on new downtown coffee spot, cycling operations under same roof as neighboring customers

admin — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 19:20:32 +0000

A new home inside the Commerce Bank Building in downtown Kansas City moves Dan Walsh’s popular coffee shop across the street — and saves him the struggle of finding a different location amid Spokes Café’s pending displacement as a longtime fixture at 10th and Walnut streets.

Walsh recently announced the relocation — the artisanal breakfast and lunch hangout is expected to shift operations later this winter — describing the gift of “perfect timing” that led to his plans.

Three-peat threads: 30+ Super Bowl-bound Chiefs fan fits (haters will say the refs wrote this)

admin — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 18:33:31 +0000

With the Chiefs ready to stand on business in the Big Easy, Kansas City fans — at home or at the big game — will need to dress for the win they want. Here’s how small business owners from across the region stand ready to help them suit up ahead of the Chiefs-Eagles Super Bowl rematch.

Editors flagged 30-plus penalty-free picks for Kansas City’s kingdom of supporters hoping to wear championship pride all the way to a third consecutive win Feb. 9 in New Orleans.

How ’bout those cheeeeeese mochis? Korean chicken spot gets into the game with its own head-turning plays

admin — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:31:58 +0000

After their decade of conversation got old, three lifelong friends finally achieved their dream of opening a restaurant together, Kue-Jin Hwang shared. Now they’re hoping to capture Chiefs’ fans’ hunger for a three-peat at their Overland Park restaurant.

KC startup founder pivots into pickleball haters’ biggest complaint, eliminating court noise

admin — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 11:01:19 +0000

SLN/CR is serving the sweet sound of silence to neighbors of outdoor pickleball courts, said Eliot Arnold, a serial entrepreneur-turned avid pickleball player who’s taking a swing at the source of critics’ irritation.

His Kansas City-based startup — pronounced “silencer” — offers a fabric-based noise mitigation system that uses nanotechnology to absorb nuisance noise, said Arnold, founder and CEO of SLN/CR.

Chatterbox speaks the language of reluctant learners: games featuring global cast of AI tutors

admin — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 02:56:25 +0000

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro.

Hella Good lunar launch party celebrates KC’s rising Asian culture, bringing ancestors to the night market

admin — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 02:20:36 +0000

Béty Lê Shackelford hopes Hella Good Deeds — the nonprofit sister organization of the popular Vietnamese coffee shop Cafe Cà Phê — makes members of Kansas City’s Asian community feel held and hugged, she said.

“Hella Good Deeds is here; we love you; and we’re really open to collaboration,” explained the founder and executive director of the nonprofit, which boasts a mission to elevate the growing presence of Asian culture in Kansas City.

Husband-wife culinary duo among 8 KC bars, restaurants named James Beard semifinalists

admin — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:39:24 +0000

Editor’s note: The following story was published by KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR member station, and a fellow member of the KC Media Collective. Click here to read the original story or here to sign up for KCUR’s email newsletter.