Youth

Daddy-daughter candy business drops tongue-in-cheek lessons flavored with entrepreneurship

By Tommy Felts / December 6, 2024

What started out as a joke about an inflatable unicorn sprinkler “tooting” out candy has turned into a meaningful daddy-daughter candy business, Lee Urban shared. The Shawnee father launched Fantastical Droppings “for the little squirts that make your life complete,” he notes on the colorful packaging. “I’m like, ‘I’m gonna create a company that I…

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Social studies to social venture: Missouri teen’s micro business helps students across the globe

By Tommy Felts / October 29, 2024

Editor’s note: The following story was produced through a paid partnership with MOSourceLink, which boasts a mission to help entrepreneurs and small businesses across the state of Missouri grow and succeed by providing free, easy access to the help they need — when they need it. [divide] ST. LOUIS — It wasn’t an entrepreneurship course…

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Inside ProX’s hands-on, how-to guide for students entering the workforce (and the business payoff)

By Tommy Felts / July 23, 2024

When ProX is at its best, the collaborative internship program provides as much value to Kansas City employers as it does to the high school students who’ve invested prime summer vacation time into the real-world learning opportunity, business owners said. “The students did a really good job, it’s like getting a free consultation from a…

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Recipe for empathy: These students prepared hundreds of protein-packed, free meals for their food-insecure peers

By Tommy Felts / May 9, 2024

High school students in the Kansas City area are doing their part to stamp out food insecurity one recipe at a time, Tamara Weber shared. Kids Feeding Kids — a sister program of Pete’s Garden, both founded by Weber — partners with high school FACS and CTE culinary classes to teach students about critical topics…

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80+ student competitors from across Kansas just rallied for their share of $70K in cash prizes

By Tommy Felts / April 18, 2024

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.  [divide] 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…

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