Black business advocate GIFT wraps holiday markets to close visibility gap for entrepreneurs
The holiday shopping season offers many retail-focused entrepreneurs a gift of their own, said Kharissa Parker, describing opportunities for emerging Black business owners to meet customers in-person at events like Kansas City G.I.F.T.’s Small Business Saturday Black Business Market.
Cyphr partners with Topeka’s Omni Circle to help Kansas entrepreneurs prepare for growth
Topeka entrepreneurs have the hardware; now comes the Kansas City-built platform needed to get them to the next level. A new capital readiness tool is expected to boost ongoing startup support efforts by Omni Circle Group, which already distributed 300 free laptops to local emerging business leaders.
Expansion made to order: Where the young owner of GJ Fish & Chicken is opening next
With a fryer full of business experience already bubbling behind the counter, 25-year-old Ali Modder is expanding his family’s restaurant business — scaling from South Kansas City, across to the state line, to what soon will be a sixth location for the popular GJ Fish & Chicken.
Trio of KC companies join roster for first-ever sports-wellness tech pilot at Keystone
A weeklong sports and wellness tech cohort is set to launch in mid-November — drawing hometown innovators, as well as founders from the Midwest, South and West Coast for an initiative designed to help high-growth companies bring new technologies to market, faster.
Missouri-built autonomous railcars deploying to Columbia tracks in $16.2M federal tech test
A project meant to demonstrate the viability of autonomous freight railcars along the more than 600 short lines across the U.S. is rolling forward thanks to a $16.2 million federal grant connecting TugVolt technology to Missouri’s Columbia Terminal Railroad (COLT).
KC Chamber honorees renew commitment to diversity efforts out of conviction, not obligation
The world is a scary place right now, Jay Herron acknowledged, telling attendees of the KC Chamber’s POWER of Diversity Luncheon that it’s more important than ever not to back down from corporate and business initiatives built around strengthening inclusion for all.
World Cup numbers: KC made less money than it predicted, despite attracting more visitors
Kansas City sold itself to the world over the summer as the little World Cup host city that could, and it invested about $200 million in public funds to do so. More than three months after the FIFA World Cup matches ended, that may be ringing true. The world’s smallest 2026 host city welcomed an…
Cyphr partners with Topeka’s Omni Circle to help Kansas entrepreneurs prepare for growth
Topeka entrepreneurs have the hardware; now comes the Kansas City-built platform needed to get them to the next level. A new capital readiness tool is expected to boost ongoing startup support efforts by Omni Circle Group, which already distributed 300 free laptops to local emerging business leaders.
Expansion made to order: Where the young owner of GJ Fish & Chicken is opening next
With a fryer full of business experience already bubbling behind the counter, 25-year-old Ali Modder is expanding his family’s restaurant business — scaling from South Kansas City, across to the state line, to what soon will be a sixth location for the popular GJ Fish & Chicken.
Trio of KC companies join roster for first-ever sports-wellness tech pilot at Keystone
A weeklong sports and wellness tech cohort is set to launch in mid-November — drawing hometown innovators, as well as founders from the Midwest, South and West Coast for an initiative designed to help high-growth companies bring new technologies to market, faster.
Missouri-built autonomous railcars deploying to Columbia tracks in $16.2M federal tech test
A project meant to demonstrate the viability of autonomous freight railcars along the more than 600 short lines across the U.S. is rolling forward thanks to a $16.2 million federal grant connecting TugVolt technology to Missouri’s Columbia Terminal Railroad (COLT).
KC Chamber honorees renew commitment to diversity efforts out of conviction, not obligation
The world is a scary place right now, Jay Herron acknowledged, telling attendees of the KC Chamber’s POWER of Diversity Luncheon that it’s more important than ever not to back down from corporate and business initiatives built around strengthening inclusion for all.
World Cup numbers: KC made less money than it predicted, despite attracting more visitors
Kansas City sold itself to the world over the summer as the little World Cup host city that could, and it invested about $200 million in public funds to do so. More than three months after the FIFA World Cup matches ended, that may be ringing true. The world’s smallest 2026 host city welcomed an…