Tag: Made in KC

Grateful for this moment (again): Fantrepreneurs back in play as Super Bowl boosts small biz

By Tommy Felts / January 29, 2025

A blitz of Super Bowl-bound Chiefs-inspired playoff sales feels like a winning two-point conversion after a holiday season touchdown for Kansas City makers; many of whom in recent years have seen their longtime fandom intertwined with their businesses’ bottom lines. “We are fans and also small business owners all wrapped into one,” said Morgan Georgie,…

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Three-peat threads: 30+ Super Bowl-bound Chiefs fan fits (haters will say the refs wrote this)

By Tommy Felts / January 27, 2025

With the Chiefs ready to stand on business in the Big Easy, Kansas City fans — at home or at the big game — will need to dress for the win they want. Here’s how small business owners from across the region stand ready to help them suit up ahead of the Chiefs-Eagles Super Bowl…

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Best-selling tea towel maker’s business model hangs by this thread: ‘the more I give back, the more I’ll succeed’

By Tommy Felts / January 17, 2025

​​Elene Banks, founder of Kansas City-based Absorb-Lumen, turned her boutique clothing store into a mission-driven business that puts eco-friendly kitchen essentials in the spotlight, all while giving back to the community through a charitable business model. “It was a happy accident,” Banks said, “We started a boutique online and tried to carry tea towels from…

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This top maker got his start with a social push; but the real influencers behind the Craft E brand: his wife and family

By Tommy Felts / December 23, 2024

Enrique Hernandez, the creative force behind Craft E. Embroidery, proved that dedication and creativity can transform a hobby into a thriving business — earning him the title of Made in KC’s top maker for 2024. “It hasn’t really settled in yet,” Hernandez said about winning the award in mid-December. “But it feels good.” ICYMI: Made…

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Skip shopping and shipping: Your guide to last-minute, KC-made gifts you can still get in stores

By Tommy Felts / December 17, 2024

Forget naughty and nice: one Kansas City-pieced business has a puzzling present for each person on Santa’s “weird and mellow” list. Locals can still find them on KC-area store shelves — while they last. Birdie — a sister company to Stefanie and Tim Ekeren’s popular Kansas City Puzzle Company — packs each eye-catching box with…

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