Matt Baysinger: Choir Bar revival is just one note in Swell Spark’s chorus of experiences planned for 2025

By Tommy Felts | December 27, 2024

Developments from within Kansas City-based entertainment group Swell Spark are coming in a round this winter, said Matt Baysinger, starting with the crescendoing return of its Choir Bar group singalong experience after a five-year hiatus. “We want to create places where people can come together, relax, and try something a little different,” said Baysinger, whose…

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Why Swell Spark founders needed a business breakup to keep the startup (and their friendship) moving forward

By Tommy Felts | May 28, 2021

Matt Baysinger and Ryan Henrich pedalled 100 miles over Utah’s rocky terrain as a milestone marker in the duo’s relationship — exiting a business partnership and riding ahead on a tight, decades-long friendship, Baysinger shared.  [pullquote] Swell Spark is an entertainment company that creates interactive entertainment through shared experiences such as escape rooms, axe throwing…

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Look to your father, not the coach: Why one fit entrepreneur hopes to redefine ‘dad bod’

By Tommy Felts | January 7, 2021

Fatherhood — like athletics — is a physical and mental challenge with lifelong impacts, said Isaac Thibault, detailing the parallels at the core of his pandemic-pivoted career turn as a personal trainer. Launched this summer, Thibault’s PushIT Fitness targets married men with children — a demographic that allows the 25-year-old Overland Park entrepreneur an opportunity to…

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