Tag: The Next Paige Agency

Acting camp to cast: Lifetime movie filmed in KC gives young actors their TV dream moment 

By Tommy Felts / January 16, 2025

A Lifetime movie debuting this weekend not only shines a spotlight on Kansas City, said Elaina Paige Thomas, but it showcases talent at The Next Paige, Kansas City’s first Black-owned talent management agency. “Girl in the Garage: The Laura Cowan Story” — set to premiere Saturday, Jan. 18 — was filmed this fall in various…

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Mr K finalists: Diversity is a strength, but the vibes defining these Top 10 businesses don’t stop there

By Tommy Felts / May 10, 2024

Yes, 80 percent of the finalists for this year’s Small Business of the Year Award are ventures run by women, Karen Crnkovich acknowledged, but it’s not just their owners’ gender that put them in the top-tier of contenders for the coveted “Mr. K” honor. “There are eight really brilliant, smart ladies on the stage,” said…

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Meet the Small Biz of the Year finalists: KC Chamber surprises Top 10 Mr K contenders

By Tommy Felts / April 19, 2024

The Kansas City Chamber just unveiled its hotly anticipated Top 10 finalists for the 2024 Small Business of the Year honor — surprising leaders from a wide range of industries with their tickets to the next round of the city’s most prestigious business competition. “This year, 60 candidates applied for awards, and we were awed…

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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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Tamba Hali traded cleats for beats; former Chiefs linebacker’s latest music release runs from the field to the fine arts

By Tommy Felts / February 23, 2023

Tamba Hali spent his entire 12-year NFL career with Kansas City. Now — as an Afrobeat recording artist — the home of the Chiefs still factors heavily into his career. On Valentine’s Day (and two days after the Chiefs Super Bowl victory), the former Pro Bowl linebacker released his latest music video — “Fine O”…

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