Tag: H&R Block

When your hobby takes a leap: Turning passion into a business

By Tommy Felts / May 14, 2024

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Latasha Randle is a Strategy & Small Business Program Manager at H&R Block, a company founded and headquartered in downtown Kansas City.  Many of us have hobbies that spark joy and help us unwind from the stresses of everyday life. From gardening, painting, knitting,…

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Closing the funding and resource gap for women-owned businesses 

By Tommy Felts / April 29, 2024

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Latasha Randle is a Strategy & Small Business Program Manager at Block Advisors by H&R Block, which was founded in Kansas City and boasts its headquarters in downtown KC.  Small businesses are the foundation of a flourishing economy. Every business, big or small,…

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NFL Draft boosts small biz bottom lines: Here’s how to prepare for the tax impact of a sudden revenue bump

By Tommy Felts / April 27, 2023

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Jamil Khan is chief strategy and small business officer for H&R Block, which was founded in Kansas City and boasts its headquarters in downtown KC. H&R Block is a financial supporter of Startland News. As Kansas City welcomes nearly 300,000 people for the…

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Willa Robsinson, Willa’s Books & Vinyl, at H&R Block

‘Supplier diversity is deceptively difficult’: How to boost diverse small businesses without tokenizing them

By Tommy Felts / March 8, 2022

Editor’s note: The following story was sponsored by KC Rising, a regional initiative to help Kansas City grow faster and more intentionally, as part of a campaign to promote its CEO-to-CEO Challenge on supplier diversity.  Successful efforts to promote increased, consistent spending with more diverse small businesses must start with C-Suite buy-in, Christine Kelly said,…

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Rich Smith, president-emeritus, and Kevin Lewis, CEO and president, Henderson Engineers — one of 12 companies in the first cohort of the CEO-to-CEO Challenge

Meet the 12 KC companies pledging to buy from diverse vendors; Join them in the CEO-to-CEO Challenge

By Tommy Felts / March 8, 2022

Editor’s note: The following story was sponsored by KC Rising, a regional initiative to help Kansas City grow faster and more intentionally, as part of a campaign to promote its CEO-to-CEO Challenge on supplier diversity.  A dozen high-profile Kansas City companies are at the vanguard of a new regional effort to boost supplier diversity programs…

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