Mayor calls legal challenge ‘unjust’ as city OKs replacement for minority-, women-owned biz support
Kansas City is moving ahead with a plan to replace its decades-old, but recently-disputed Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise program with a new initiative focused on small and local businesses.
Read MoreKauffman unveils six finalists for its new Visionary Award; winner revealed live Sept. 24
A half-dozen Kansas City nonprofit executives have earned their flowers, the Kauffman Foundation said Thursday, announcing finalists for the organization’s inaugural award honoring leaders who create lasting change that can inspire others to build even more.
Read MoreMakeup lover bringing bespoke lipstick shop to Overland Park with glossy girl-to-girl gamble
Viktoria Volosin came home from a girls’ trip to Dallas with a business idea she couldn’t shake after discovering a shop where customers could make their own lipstick and lip gloss — an offering she hadn’t seen in Johnson County. “There was just such good girl-to-girl conversation,” said Volosin, a self-proclaimed “huge makeup lover” who…
Read MoreShe’s using tech to rewrite the blueprint handed to girls; here’s what Maliha Khan told those who said ‘You can’t’
“I can have the career, I can have the married life, I can have the kids,” the founder and CEO of Khanect the Dots said. “And more importantly, I feel like it’s not just about me. I’m a walking representation of that for other girls, not just my own.”
Read MoreHow an AI tool is capturing seniors’ memories before aging, dementia delete them
A new voice companion platform — designed for the quiet hours when seniors might feel the most socially isolated — captures life stories that might otherwise be lost, said David Hensley, leaning on AI as a tool for engaging loved ones with endless patience, curiosity and conversation.
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