Guest Authors

Why your engineering team needs a product manager, not a project manager

By Tommy Felts / February 19, 2025

Editor’s note: The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Serial entrepreneur and three-peat exited founder Matt Watson is the host of Product Driven and co-founder of Full Scale, a global staffing company. Click here to subscribe to the free Product Driven newsletter.  [divide] Building scalable SaaS platforms requires more than just efficient engineering…

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Four ways to help employees build wealth and loyalty

By Tommy Felts / February 10, 2025

Editor’s note: The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. The following is a paid thought leadership piece from The Plaza Group at Morgan Stanley. [divide] Your employees want to build their wealth and be better employees. Here’s how your equity program  can help them get there.  Every organization wants to find the…

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Entrepreneurship is the path to freedom; how Black business pioneers’ legacies still stand today

By Tommy Felts / February 4, 2025

Editor’s note: The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Brandon Calloway is CEO and Co-Founder of Generating Income For Tomorrow (G.I.F.T.), and now writes a weekly blog, The Equity Advocate. [divide] In the past eighteen months of traveling from city to city, I’ve made it a point to delve into the histories…

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Five ways to (finally) kickstart your financial plan

By Tommy Felts / December 16, 2024

Editor’s note: The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. The following is a paid thought leadership piece from Chris Malmgren, The Ferguson Smith Cohen Group at Morgan Stanley. [divide] For many people, the idea of long-term financial planning may seem like that dentist visit or home repair project you keep putting off:…

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Why Kansas City’s startup community should rally behind local news

By Tommy Felts / December 16, 2024

Editor’s note: The perspectives expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Stephanie Campbell is CEO of The Beacon, a nonprofit news organization covering Missouri and Kansas, and a member of the KC Media Collective, which also includes Startland News, KCUR 89.3, American Public Square, Kansas City PBS/Flatland, and Missouri Business Alert. [divide] Tulsa just…

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