Tag: money

Beach volleyball heavyweights, Olympians hitting KC sand for George Brett showdown

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 20:59:17 +0000

Serial entrepreneur Lance Windholz hopes a high-profile weekend beach volleyball tournament — showcasing 24 professional players, including seven Olympians — will encourage more Kansas City athletes and enthusiasts to dig the sport he loves.

KC-built AI command center helps businesses gain superpowers without losing their tech stack

admin — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:35:20 +0000

First envisioned as an AI-powered agent built to streamline operations at Kansas City-based Plexpod’s coworking spaces, Intuidy has evolved into its own operating system; one that is transforming the way companies operate, co-founder Grayson Smith said.

DC Would Get Much Better If More Politicians Threatened Punches Like Scott Bessent

admin — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 17:43:33 +0000

Flynn McGarry Has Built the Restaurant of His Dreams

admin — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 11:00:43 +0000

Photo: Sean Davidson

Flynn McGarry was 19 years old when he opened his first restaurant, Gem, fresh off teenage stints at Eleven Madison Park, Maaemo (in Norway), and Geranium (in Denmark), which is the kind of place that serves a tasting menu called “The Summer Universe” that lasts three hours and costs, depending on the

What to Eat and Drink at This Year’s U.S. Open

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 21:05:00 +0000

Photo: Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images

It’s the time of year when New Yorkers put on their visors and take the 7 train to Flushing Meadows to watch tennis well into the night. Surrounding all the play, the grounds basically double as a (very expensive) food-and-drink festival with surprisingly solid options among all the stalls and celebrity-chef-backed restaurants.

Bong Is Cambodia by Way of Crown Heights

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:00:16 +0000

Photo: Hugo Yu

That opening a restaurant — even in a restaurant-mad town like this one — is a fool’s errand is so well established it barely needs saying. The costs are high, the rewards few, the work grinding, the success rate minuscule. Want to make money with a restaurant? Sell it to the next sucker.

At a Star-Studded Flood Benefit Concert, Texas Musicians Reckoned With Unspeakable Tragedy

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 23:22:05 +0000

I Lost My Freedom, Money, And Guns Based On No Evidence And With No Chance To Defend Myself

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 11:33:59 +0000

‘Economic eviction notice’: Property owners decry tax spike as ‘death sentence for small business’

admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 19:38:49 +0000

Critic of tax office says Jackson County is betting most property owners hit with inflated bills are too intimidated to appeal

State lawmakers could be Jackson County business owners’ last hope, said Ian Davis, testifying Wednesday in the Missouri state capitol about spiking property tax assessments that have seen entrepreneurs hit with increases of up to 2,000 percent with little recourse and a murky appeal process.

Elephant & Castle’s Regulars Aren’t Ready to Say Good-bye

admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 11:00:35 +0000

Photo: Courtesy Elephant & Castle

The howls of despair and rending of garments began last week. Among a certain type of tenured New Yorker — downtown in affect if not always in residence, artistically or bohemianly inclined, of a certain age, never leaving — the news spread quickly, as news of illness often does.

AISD Is Scoring Schools Ahead of Closure Decisions

admin — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 07:00:00 +0000

The district is trying to fill seats and save money

What Los Angeles Loses Without Its Fruteros

admin — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:00:10 +0000

Photo: Ethan Noah Roy

On a sidewalk outside a Home Depot in Cypress Park, Los Angeles, a few weeks ago, a fruit vendor was standing under his rainbow-stripe umbrella, which wasn’t doing much to protect him from the sun. “What are you feeling like right now?” he asked. “You like Tajín, lime, chamoy?”

When Marcus Samuelsson Moved to New York

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 17:09:44 +0000

Photo: Courtesy Marcus Samuelsson Group

It’s a beautiful Tuesday morning in Central Park, and Marcus Samuelsson is ready to Rollerblade. I meet him at 10 a.m. at a spot he suggested — the Duke Ellington Statue on 110th Street at Fifth Avenue, across from the Africa Center — and right on time, the chef comes flying down the pavement in purple track pants, a checked Dapper Dan Gap sweater and a red and white Kangol hat.

Here’s how Bungii delivered spot No. 981 in its Inc. 5000 fastest-growing companies debut

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:25:24 +0000

Nailing Bungii’s geographic expansion model has unlocked significant growth, said Ben Jackson, detailing a years-long evolution that earned his Kansas City-built final-mile delivery carrier a coveted spot on the latest Inc. 5000 fastest-growing companies list.

Is Hearst’s Texas Newspaper Dominance Good for Journalism—or Readers?

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000