Tag: Henry Bloch

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Readers’ Choice: Peek at Startland’s most-popular stories

By Tommy Felts / May 4, 2016

The votes are in — and they arrived via page views. And in case you didn’t know: Kansas City produces a ton of startup news. A year ago today, we published our very first digest, and it’s been a fantastically hectic ride ever since. As a startup ourselves, watching the ticker count on story page…

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Kansas City’s ‘Bean Baron’ brews entrepreneur of the year award

By Tommy Felts / November 17, 2015

Kansas City’s so-called “Bean Baron” was recently named a top entrepreneur in the region.  The University of Missouri-Kansas City Bloch School on Monday dubbed Roasterie founder Danny O’Neill as the Regional Entrepreneur of the Year. O’Neill, who launched the specialty coffee producer in 1993, accepted the award Monday evening as part of a Global Entrepreneurship Week…

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7 endearing facts about the founder of H&R Block

By Tommy Felts / October 29, 2015

Update: Henry Bloch passed away April 23, 2019. Click here to read business leaders’ salutes to the Kansas City icon.  Henry Bloch, the co-founder and former CEO of tax prep giant H&R Block, recently spoke with a small group of Kansas City entrepreneurs during Startup Grind. The 93-year-old Kansas City legend shared an array of…

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Roberts: 5 things the world can learn from KC entrepreneurs

By Tommy Felts / September 16, 2015

This week, entrepreneurship is king in Kansas City. As we welcome the world to our burgeoning tech hub during Techweek, it’s tempting to think that Kansas City’s startup community is a new phenomenon. But in fact, the names of the city fathers (and mothers) — the Kauffmans, Kempers, Blochs and Helzbergs — that adorn almost…

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Claure, Bloch, Helzberg to discuss the entrepreneurial ‘grind’

By Tommy Felts / August 24, 2015

About 90 percent of startups fail. And those that don’t must toil to walk the path of success. That grind to prosperity will be the subject of discussion during a speaking series that will feature titans of Kansas City entrepreneurship. Kansas City’s Startup Grind — a program funded by Google for Entrepreneurs — aims to…

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