Profiles

Nick Wehrle and Greg Blome, Omega Power Creamer

KC-frothed Omega Power Creamer wins supermarket sweep with Walmart distribution deal

By Tommy Felts / October 15, 2019

Welcome the unexpected, Greg Blome said in reflection of the pitch that landed Omega Power Creamer a supermarket sweep: a 224-store distribution deal with Walmart.  “[Walmart] reached out to us and they were interested in carrying our products — or at least in us pitching them — and we were already selling on Walmart.com ……

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Evan Brown, Doodle Dood

Doodle Dood paints between lines of business and art with Iron District mural, apparel

By Tommy Felts / October 14, 2019

Evan Brown refuses to draw out his accomplishments — or even the failures behind them — as he paints the career of a budding illustrator and muralist, he said. “I don’t really dwell. … That might be the reason I’ve been getting more and more projects within the past year,” said Brown, KC-based maker and…

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Andrea Savage, FeedKC, Pure Pitch Rally

UMKC student-led FeedKC will pitch for donations, connections at Pure Pitch Rally

By Tommy Felts / October 12, 2019

Continuing a tradition of showcasing student entrepreneurs, Tuesday’s Pure Pitch Rally is expected to feature a pitch from FeedKC, a group run by students at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. And thanks to a private donor to the UMKC Bloch School of Management, all funds designated for FeedKC will be matched up to $10,000. Click…

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The Woodsmiths

Playing for tips and contacts: Artist-entrepreneurs travel across Midwest to fill PorchFestKC with music

By Tommy Felts / October 10, 2019

Kansas City is a world-class destination for entrepreneurial musicians and artists hoping to hit high notes in business, said Dominic Roy. “I’m a singer-songwriter who’s trying to make it. I don’t want fame or glory or anything like that. I just want people to relate and I want people to feel what I’m trying to…

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Kansas City

New in KC: Tech talent returns to his hometown 20 years after leaving a city ‘hollowed out at its core’

By Tommy Felts / October 3, 2019

Editor’s note: New in KC is an ongoing profile series that highlights newly relocated members of the Kansas City startup community, their reasons for a change of scenery, and what’ they’ve found so far in KC. Click here to read more New in KC profiles. Josh Wood describes his journey in tech as varied, not…

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