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Union Station tapped for GEWKC base camp; training for treps arrives Nov. 19-21 in KC

By Tommy Felts / August 1, 2024

When GEWKC pulls into Kansas City this fall, the metro’s largest educational entrepreneurship event will be stationed within one of the community’s crown jewels — a link to the past that points to a brighter future for the regions’ innovators, said Chante Keller. KCSourceLink on Thursday formally announced Union Station as the 2024 base camp…

NXTSTAGE announces trio of KC ventures tapped for latest Enterprise Engagement cohort

By Tommy Felts / July 31, 2024

A record number of Kansas entrepreneurs joining the NXTSTAGE Enterprise Engagement Series means the program’s latest cohort will scale up its impact, said Amber Dunn. “It’s exciting to witness the relationships formed and the knowledge gained among cohort members and our enterprise partners, both new and returning,” said Dunn, program manager at Wichita-based NXTUS, which…

This startup leader is revealing entrepreneur answers (and they’re listed in the table of contents)

By Tommy Felts / July 31, 2024

Aligning the stars as a forward-looking founder and business owner isn’t easy, Maria Flynn noted, so she wrote her own guidebook. “Entrepreneurs are my tribe of people,” said Flynn, a serial founder and regional digital health leader. “And I was telling the same stories over and over again, so I started to write them down.…

He earned industry cred alongside Ariana Grande; now Jo Blaq wants to share the music with emerging KC artists

By Tommy Felts / July 31, 2024

Joseph Macklin forged a successful music career through trial and error, he said, but that doesn’t mean the next generation should be forced to endure those same challenges just to feel like they earned credibility. The multi-platinum, Grammy award-nominated music producer, songwriter, engineer, and vocal arranger — known as Jo Blaq — is on a…

Nation’s best dog bar planning new tricks in KC after fetching top award, summer funding round

By Tommy Felts / July 30, 2024

The dog days of summer are bringing momentum to Bar K, said David Hensley. The Kansas City-based escape space for pets and their owners was recently named top dog in the country by USA Today, just closed a funding round, and added several key team members — including Tim Schoenfelder as CEO — the co-founder…