Fairwave adds another Minneapolis coffee company to its fresh-brewed collective alongside Messenger, Roasterie

Isaac Hodges, Messenger Coffee Company, and Dan Trott, FairWave Holdings

FairWave Coffee Collective has pulled another shot of growth, serving up news Tuesday of its acquisition of a second Minneapolis-based purveyor in as many years.  “We are thrilled to welcome Up Coffee Roasters to the FairWave collective,” Suzanne Gunning, vice president of marketing, said in a release.  The acquisition keeps Kansas City-based FairWave on track with…

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Social Side Effect: Don’t call Kasim Hardaway an influencer (but do ask him about poké)

Kasim Hardaway; Photo courtesy of Nam Cu

Editor’s note: Social Side Effect is an ongoing profile series that identifies the intersection between social influencing and entrepreneurship   Instagram stories are more than temporary snapshots. They’re a growing vehicle for influencer marketing in Kansas City, Kasim Hardaway explained.  “It was never something I set out to do. It kind of just happened,” Hardaway, a…

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