Tag: Jill Hathaway

Headline-grabbing entrepreneurs join ScaleUP! KC on their way to ‘that next tier’

By Tommy Felts / September 4, 2023

Twenty of Kansas City’s most promising young companies — including the KC Chamber’s “Emerging Business of the Year” — are among the latest cohort of ScaleUP! Kansas City, the metro’s longest running program for growth-minded entrepreneurs with scaling businesses. ScaleUP! Kansas City companies receive coaching, perspective and connections to scale, create new jobs, open new…

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ScaleUP! KC Cohort 12

Blip Roasters, Lifted Spirits leaders among latest ScaleUP! KC cohort, priming their businesses to scale 

By Tommy Felts / January 19, 2022

Eighteen Kansas City companies — ranging from coffee, software, and cycling, to construction, human resources, hair care, fitness, and distilling — are slated to join the latest ScaleUP! KC cohort, the program announced Wednesday. “ScaleUP! Kansas City has a long history and proven track record of helping Kansas City business owners get the confidence, one-on-one coaching…

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Jy Maze, Maze Freight Solutions

Secret sauce called faith: How being Black, religion and mentors shaped Jy Maze, kept her startup from failing

By Tommy Felts / March 23, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has not been the only hurdle for Maze Freight Solutions, said Jy Maze, and it certainly won’t be the last.  “People think because you’re a CEO of a company that everything is gravy. No one knows about the bloody knees from praying, the begging for money, nobody giving you a shot —…

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ScaleUP! Kansas City Cohort 11

Meet 20 scaling companies making the leap with ScaleUP! KC’s latest small biz cohort

By Tommy Felts / January 28, 2021

Successfully scaling entrepreneurs take the time to work on their businesses — rather than just in them, Jill Hathaway said, emphasizing the transformative power ScaleUP! Kansas City brings to the 20 top-tier business owners newly participating in its 11th cohort. “This intensive program has had a profound impact on the small businesses it serves during the…

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ScaleUP! Kansas City cohort

ScaleUP! KC seeks top-tier small businesses primed to scale; applications open through Dec. 23

By Tommy Felts / December 3, 2020

Impact doesn’t stop with the end of a ScaleUP! Kansas City cohort, said Jill Hathaway, and the program certainly isn’t pausing amid the ongoing pandemic, which has thrown many entrepreneurs for a loop. ScaleUP! KC is set to return in January for its 11th cohort, which now is a 16-week interactive virtual experience that blends…

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