Amy Slattery spent 18 years as a registered architect working with leading design and construction firms in Kansas City. With groundbreaking high design and sustainability, her career was moving forward in these large offices and corporate settings. Sometimes, it just takes a moment of perspective shift for things to go in a completely new direction. [...]

Joshua Lewis was always the go-to for where to be on the weekends in Kansas City. The spurred the idea for UpDown Nightlife App. The increase is reliance on our cell phones for every part of life played into the huge launch 2016.   UpDown faced the first huge obstacle seven months later when the [...]

How can a local, retail shoe store compete with national chains and online shopping? Kathy Gates, owner of The Running Well Store, has found a competitive edge by going beyond basic customer service and products. At her three locations, customers can receive a stride analysis, shoe fitting session, test run outside the store, strategies for [...]

Luke Einsel had an idea seven years ago. Take smoothies and frozen drink products to the public through food service programs, thereby redefining beverage distribution. Thirsty Coconut was born and is thriving in the Kansas City market and eight other states! “It was a complete disaster” says Luke about his retail storefront launched in May [...]

Donald Hawkins started his business with a simple idea: help small businesses communicate affordably and effectively with their customer base. However, translating the concept into reality required some high-tech development. Hawkins started by creating a system for customers to push notifications and messages about their businesses. But in the very early stages of development, one [...]