Tag: Ryan S. Harvey

Ryan Harvey

Demand more than the life you see scrolling Instagram, Ryan Harvey urges after scam inspires self-reflection

By Tommy Felts / June 22, 2021

Kansas City motivational speaker Ryan Harvey thought his dreams had come true when a duo from Los Angeles offered him a job creating videos for their up-and-coming self-help company, he recalled. To the community thought leader’s shock, the two took the revenue from the company and disappeared — leaving Harvey to answer to upset clients…

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MECA Challenge, gun violence

Students struck by KC gun violence search for solutions at MECA Challenge

By Tommy Felts / March 7, 2018

Editor’s note: MECA Challenge and Startland News are both programs of the Kansas City Startup Foundation, though the content below was produced independently by Startland. For more information on the relationship, click here. Escaping the cycle of gun violence can seem impossible, said Lea Thompson, still wearing a cast on her hand after being shot…

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Ilan Salzberg and Caleb Buland, Wonder lofts on Troost

Troost revival: Can a brewpub, retail and 670 housing units mend racial divide?

By Tommy Felts / October 18, 2017

No turning back now, Ilan Salzberg said. “This is real,” the Wonder lofts developer laughed, gesturing at the freshly installed kitchen cabinetry and hardware in a model apartment unit at 30th Street and Troost Avenue. Wonder is expected to be the first of three major residential developments to open between 27th Street and Armour Boulevard…

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