5 ways to diversify your hiring pipeline (Hint: it starts with admitting you’ve fallen short)
Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Stephanie Campbell is an operations and communications leader at LEANLAB Education in Kansas City. A few months back, I put the last period at the end of my hiring project plan and felt content. I had set out to completely redesign the way…
Read MoreFarm-to-wineglass: Big Mood Natural Wines talks sustainable drinking — ‘Why stop at food?’
It’s never the wrong time to drink wine, said Richard Garcia. “We have a wine for every time of the day,” said Garcia, who owns and operates Big Mood Natural Wines with his friends, Jamie and Liz Zoeller. “Someone came in the other day asking about breakfast wines, and we absolutely have several on the…
Read MoreHow an elastic team turned an early tip about face masks into SewKC’s saving grace
Editor’s note: The following is the third in a series of stories about Kansas City fashion companies putting their own creative spin on the often-utilitarian face mask. As demand for face masks surged this spring, a massive and sustained influx of traffic and orders at SewKC crashed the Crossroads creatives’ online retail engine — forcing the…
Read MoreMarried to collaboration: SewKC couple stitches meaning into each hand-sewn design
Michele and Johnny Dawbarn’s symbiotic studio space in the Crossroads allows the always-evolving creative duo to do more than finish each other’s sentences. It stitches ideas to passion, threading a common mission through their businesses, they said. “When you sew-” Johnny began. “You bring two things together,” finished Michele, co-founder of SewKC with her husband.…
Read MoreDoctor-turned-marketer aims to help healthtech founders communicate the science behind their startups
Great founders and scientists aren’t always great marketers and vice versa, Dr. Meghan Burns said, detailing the COVID-era launch of her latest startup and its potential to help healthtech companies navigate a critical time for messaging and awareness. “There is a lot of value that a marketer with an understanding of science can add to…
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