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Former college startup founders reunite for brunch concept: Why they jumped at this franchise twist

admin — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:55:48 +0000

WICHITA, Kansas — Jacob O’Connor and Jon Peterson — two former Wichita State students turned entrepreneurs — are teaming up once again, this time for brunch, they shared.

The high school friends and co-founders of 618 Ventures and Player Card are partnering with a mentor to bring the upscale, Orlando-based brunch concept Another Broken Egg Cafe to Wichita later this summer.

Female founders: Tips for infusing capital into your dreams

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:08:52 +0000

Editor’s note: The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. The following is a paid thought leadership piece from Terri Roberts Munsell, McQueary Schumm Munsell Group at Morgan Stanley.

Today, women own four out of every 10 businesses in the U.S.(*1)

Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna Holds Taste Tests at Home

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:00:59 +0000

Illustration: Maanvi Kapur

For more than 30 years, Kathleen Hanna has performed as the front woman of Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and the Julie Ruin, a career she documents in her upcoming memoir, Rebel Girl: My Life As a Feminist Punk, which comes out May 14.

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UMKC pitch competition brings validating relief, cash prizes for emerging founders with big ideas

admin — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 01:43:52 +0000

A popular UMKC pitch competition awarded more than $80,000 in cash prizes to student and full-time entrepreneurs Friday — validating new ideas and emerging ventures alike.
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Theme park developer plans year-round getaway alongside Barbie’s lakeside beach house in KCK

admin — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 23:44:15 +0000

Barbie’s Beach House is just the beginning.

The developer behind a planned a new theme park centered around Mattel toys this week released more about its vision for Destination KCK, a year-round entertainment destination coming to Bonner Springs, Kansas, in Wyandotte County.
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KC’s year-old terminal just won four ‘Best Of’ industry awards; these businesses helped land the honors

admin — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:33:40 +0000

The retail and restaurant mix featured within the new terminal at Kansas City International Airport is being lauded by industry insiders who hail the experience curated by Vantage Airport Group as one of the best of its kind in North America.
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After east side restaurant closes, KC Cajun drives back to its food truck roots, cooking up a new market

admin — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 20:34:19 +0000

Esra England is hitting the streets again, he shared.

The head chef and founder of KC Cajun recently closed his fixed location on the east side, and is returning to the food truck and catering strategy that gave him his start.
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Designed with minimal parking, KC Current wants you to carpool to team’s next home match

admin — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 18:08:59 +0000

A just-announced tech tool aims to help KC Current fans make sustainable and affordable transportation an easier choice on matchday as the hometown team continues a string of development wins at its new riverfront stadium.
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Voters hand Royals, Chiefs a resounding defeat on sales tax that would’ve funded stadium projects

admin — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 10:53:28 +0000

Editor’s note: The following story was published by KCUR, Kansas City’s NPR member station, and a fellow member of the KC Media Collective.
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Advocate knocks mayor for Troost renaming delay; calls slave owner tie KC’s ‘dirty laundry, reeking from the basement’

admin — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 20:16:46 +0000

Kansas City can no longer whitewash its history to pretend Benoist Troost — an early KC doctor, slave owner and the namesake for Troost Avenue — was anything other than a monster, said Chris Goode, pointing blame at Mayor Quinton Lucas for a stalled effort to change the east side corridor’s controversial name.
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The Best BBQ Joint in the State Hopes to Strike Gold Again With Rib-Focused Restaurant

admin — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:00:00 +0000
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Lucia of Avenue X Expands With a Soho Alimentari

admin — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:00:33 +0000
Photo: Matthew Gordon
In 2017, Salvatore Carlino was living in Berlin, making techno, and running his own label, E-Missions. He’d grown up in Manhattan Beach, east of Coney Island, and was raised in the family pizzeria, Papa Leone’s, in nearby Sheepshead Bay.
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Pastry Chef Caroline Schiff Will Leave Gage & Tollner

admin — Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:00:12 +0000
Lanna Apisukh
A couple of Monday mornings ago, Caroline Schiff answered the door to her Fort Greene home wearing a vodka-sauce-colored cardigan and jeans. Her eyeliner was perfectly symmetrical. Her hair had been pinned up in the topknot chignon she’s known for, which mimics the swoop of the Baked Alaska she made famous at Gage & Tollner.
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Company capitalization: The most overlooked definition in your SAFE

admin — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:42:06 +0000

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Gabriel Riekhof is an attorney at Husch Blackwell, a leading law firm that provides unparalleled service and industry-specific solutions to clients nationwide.
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WeWork closing Corrigan Station, once a core hub for Kansas City’s startup community

admin — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:18:52 +0000

Coworking giant WeWork on Thursday confirmed the planned closure of its Corrigan Station location in Kansas City — a space once closely intertwined with the local startup scene and its flourishing culture of innovation.

“As part of WeWork’s strategic restructuring efforts, we have made the difficult decision to end our operations at Corrigan Station,” a WeWork spokesperson told Startland News.
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