Tag: kansas city

‘Belonging is not a luxury’: KC Chamber winner links DEIB commitment to hope, dignity

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 22:14:07 +0000

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging aren’t just words in reStart Inc.’s strategic plan, CEO Stephanie Boyer said, noting they are the foundation of how the nonprofit’s leaders show up, serve, and lead.

‘What’s stopping me?’ Bonk takes a loud swing with Crossroads streetwear store, Midwest grit

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 20:47:16 +0000

It began with Mason Barry’s search for the perfect black and white checkered sweatsuit. When nothing fit his expectations for design or quality, the Kansas City creative launched his own streetwear brand — featuring bold apparel that already is gaining a foothold in trendy fashion hubs from Brooklyn to Portland.

‘Stablecoin summer’: Crypto community greets GENIUS Act with optimism, caution

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 19:02:56 +0000

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Missouri Business Alert, a member of the Kansas City Media Collective, which also includes Startland News, KCUR 89.3, American Public Square, Kansas City PBS/Flatland, and The Kansas City Beacon.

How KC transformed entrepreneurship from counterculture into a model for the mainstream

admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 18:38:44 +0000

Veteran ecosystem builders returned to the Heartland this week, urging a new generation of entrepreneur advocates to embrace Kansas City’s style of experimentation and its uniquely collaborative startup culture.

They didn’t want to go corporate; how AI gave brothers the tools to forge their own path, together

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 20:24:26 +0000

Tyler and Garrett Amundsen are using AI to help insurance brokers spend more time on relationships and less time on data, the duo shared.

Inspired by conversations around their family’s Kansas City dinner table, as well as the latest tech developments, the brothers launched LightDoc in early 2023 to automate and streamline repetitive tasks that don’t generate revenue and prevent brokers from being able to scale and connect with clients.

He retired after an exit; now this govtech veteran is back in a CFO role for KC-scaled PayIt

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 19:43:32 +0000

As Kansas City-built PayIt scales across North America, a new financial leader is expected to help guide the company in its game-changing efforts to help government agencies modernize, serve their residents, and improve operating efficiency.

KC Tech Council celebrates tax fix in Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ that boosts growing businesses

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 18:16:55 +0000

A tax fix included in the recently signed “One Big Beautiful Bill” — sprawling legislation meant to overhaul taxes in the United States — marks a major win for Kansas City’s tech and innovation economy, said Kara Lowe.

Thank a community leader; Nominate them to win $50,000

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:11:36 +0000

Editor’s note: The following is a paid message from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Allison Greenwood Bajracharya, a fourth-generation Kansas Citian, is chief impact and strategy officer for the Kauffman Foundation.

KC govtech startup: You shouldn’t have to know how local government works to get answers (or make impact)

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:39:16 +0000

Even a ripple can make waves, said Mitch Mabrey, an exited cleantech founder whose new cause finds him on a mission to ensure that the voices of residents from all walks of life are more broadly heard — and answered — by their government officials.

Northland BBQ spot opens, building flavors, menu from side hustle to storefront

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:56:56 +0000

After a decade-long journey building his BBQ business — from tailgates to a just-opened brick-and-mortar restaurant — Wardell Hooks Jr. would only change one thing along the way: He’d have quit his full-time job sooner.

Match this: ‘Ted Lasso’ filming in KC another win for city’s tax credit pitch, mayor says

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:13:43 +0000

Scoring state-side shooting locations for the newest season of “Ted Lasso” reflects a strategy by the KC Film Office that’s straight from the hit Apple TV+ series’ playbook: the harder you work, the luckier you get.

Kauffman Foundation launches new executive role to lead its Real World Learning team

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 20:12:47 +0000

Cross-sector collaboration will be key for Misty Chandler as she embarks on a freshly carved out journey within the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s evolving Real World Learning strategy, said Dr. Susan Klusmeier, lauding the longtime advocate for her wealth of experience with workforce readiness and student success at the University of Kansas.

Indoor golf concept shoots past the rough with tech driver, hooking franchise success across US

admin — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 12:14:55 +0000

Lenexa-based indoor golf concept GolfTRK is teeing off into the world of franchising, said Matt Williams, scoring big wins from coast to coast as demand to expand access to “golf light” soars.

‘Another tool in my tool bag’: Digital artist uses AI to collage KC Streetcar stop

admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 22:37:34 +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.

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Why a globally-trained Spanish chef is building his new homebase from City Market

admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:51:48 +0000

It’s all about the pan for Carlos Saura, a Spanish chef whose new paella and tapas spot in Kansas City’s bustling and diverse City Market is set to arrive in late summer or early fall — helping bring the historic marketplace district to 100-percent-leased capacity.

The Paella Mix, at 25 E. Third St., is expected to specialize in paellas, and classic sangrias. Saura wants to share the soul of Spain, he said — emphasizing its culture, flavors and the way people come together around a table.
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