Tag: 1MC

Lyndsey Gruber, PEPPR

Woman-led PEPPR sets table for simplified event planning with platform cooked in KC kitchens

By Tommy Felts / October 23, 2019

A veteran of the restaurant industry thanks to her family’s long-simmering connections to Kansas City kitchens, Lyndsey Gruber stood as a woman on her own Wednesday at 1 Million Cups. “It’s just me,” Gruber, CEO and founder of PEPPR, told Startland News before the event, which served as a mid-point of Women’s Empowerment Week and…

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Chef Shanita McAffee-Bryant, The Prospect

The Prospect: ‘Cutthroat Kitchen’ winner on the move with chef-inspired workforce training

By Tommy Felts / April 16, 2019

Everyday consumers can elevate Kansas City through the simple of act of eating a meal, said Chef Shanita McAfee-Bryant. Her in-the-works non-profit urban eatery concept — The Prospect — caters to a marketplace hungry for culinary-oriented workforce development training: students looking for a window into entrepreneurship through cooking, said Bryant, 2014 winner of Food Network’s…

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Ben Williams and Mitch Case, Mommy Meals co-founders

Mommy Meals designs simple dinner kits for delivery to new moms

By Tommy Felts / February 5, 2019

KC-cooked startup Mommy Meals aims to serve impact — not just dinner — attempting to tackle a growing mental health experience one hot plate at a time, said its co-founders. “I truly believe if you’re in a tough spot — you’re down on your luck, you’re in a dark spot — I always tell people ‘Go…

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KCSourceLink All-Star Voting Winners

All-Star voting winners: E-Day at the K celebrates KCSourceLink, its network (Photos)

By Tommy Felts / June 19, 2018

KCSourceLink’s Entrepreneur Day at the K heralded the work of the support organization’s sprawling network of partners. But the tailgate party at Kauffman Stadium didn’t let founder Maria Meyers go unnoticed. Reading from a proclamation announcement marking Monday as “KCSourceLink Entrepreneur Day” in Kansas City, Missouri, Nathan Kurtz, entrepreneur advocate at the Ewing Marion Kauffman…

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Melissa Roberts, Enterprise Center in Johnson County

KCultivator Q&A: Melissa Roberts talks tough (love), hot milk soup and mansplaining

By Tommy Felts / May 15, 2018

Editor’s note: KCultivators is a lighthearted profile series to highlight people who are meaningfully enriching Kansas City’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The KCultivator Series is sponsored by WeWork Corrigan Station, a modern twist on Kansas City office space.Expertise requires experience, said Melissa Roberts. “I’ve had so many diverse roles and I’ve taken something from each of them,” the political…

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