Scott Henderson is managing principal for Nebraska-based NMotion, general partner for gener8tor Great Plains Fund, and a board member for Startland, the parent organization of Startland News.

Haines Eason is the founder of startup content marketing agency Freelance Kansas. Previously he worked as the managing editor overseeing a large long-form content marketing team for an international corporation and as a communications professional in higher education. His work and photography have appeared in publications like The Guardian, Eater and KANSAS! Magazine among others. Freelance Kansas seeks…

Startland News contributor Joyce Smith covered local restaurants and retail for nearly 40 years with The Kansas City Star. Click here to follow her on Bluesky, here for Facebook, and by following #joyceinkc on Threads.