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Ruby Redstone Is on an Oatmeal Kick

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:00:54 +0000

Illustration: Margalit Cutler

Ruby Redstone, marked a New York “It” girl by this very magazine, is a fashion journalist and historian known on Instagram for her bold wardrobe of mixed prints.

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Ruby Redstone Is on an Oatmeal Kick

admin — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 10:00:54 +0000
Illustration: Margalit Cutler
Ruby Redstone, marked a New York “It” girl by this very magazine, is a fashion journalist and historian known on Instagram for her bold wardrobe of mixed prints.
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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.
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The Story: Reporting on the Rise and Fall of Netflix’s ‘Cheer’

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 22:39:00 +0000
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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)
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AI Hub’s art incubator is leaving River Market, taking over top floor of renovated PHKC space

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 20:21:59 +0000

The AI Hub is moving into The Porter House KC’s new 811 Retail Incubator, James Spikes shared, and he’s excited about the connections and opportunities it will bring.
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KCMO investing $900K in entrepreneur support as advocates push for more funding

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 19:19:07 +0000

The City of Kansas City, Missouri, has budgeted an $900,000 investment in its KC BizCare Office as part of a broader plan to better support the metro’s entrepreneur community

While advocates from within Kansas City’s entrepreneurial community love the city as much as its next fan, they acknowledge it can be a tough place to get a business started — and keep it afloat.
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How a Bhutanese Temple Found a Home on the Border

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 14:25:27 +0000
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Meet the Small Biz of the Year finalists: KC Chamber surprises Top 10 Mr K contenders

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:00:58 +0000

The Kansas City Chamber just unveiled its hotly anticipated Top 10 finalists for the 2024 Small Business of the Year honor — surprising leaders from a wide range of industries with their tickets to the next round of the city’s most prestigious business competition.
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Growing movement by Black farmers seeds plan to honor land, ancestors while cultivating better health

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:36:51 +0000

Dina Newman wanted to reclaim Black growers’ seat at the table — helping an overlooked community in Kansas City create their own healthy and affordable food systems to nourish themselves.
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Love story continues: Fans spot Taylor Swift in boyfriend’s New Heights cap; KC hat maker sees green

admin — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:53:15 +0000

It’s been more than a fortnight since the Chiefs’ headline-grabbing, pop-culture-infused Super Bowl run, but the Taylor Swift effect remains strong for the tortured poets and creators at one Kansas City company.
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Translating business: KCMO chatbot breaks down startup lingo in 70+ languages

admin — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:17:23 +0000

Editor’s note: KC BizCare is a partner of Startland News.

Entrepreneurs who struggle with understanding the complexities of starting a business often find additional challenges if English isn’t their first language, said Nia Richardson, adding that all aspiring small business owners deserve the same access to resources.
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80+ student competitors from across Kansas just rallied for their share of $70K in cash prizes

admin — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 17:33:39 +0000

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro.

MANHATTAN, Kansas — Aaron Collins walked away from the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge with not just $2,500, but also validation that he’s on the right track with his lawn care business, he shared.
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New Markers Remember Enslaved People Brought to Texas by Sea

admin — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:39:47 +0000
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Huda Is a Bistro With Shish Barak

admin — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:00:30 +0000
Photo: Hugo Yu
The region we now call the Levant — from the French for “rising,” like the sun, a nod to its placement on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean — stretches across Israel, Palestine, and Lebanon, through Syria and Jordan. It is a place of civilization’s beginning, part of the so-called Fertile Crescent, home to some of mankind’s earliest agricultural experiments and of current and intractable conflict.
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