Tag: The Roasterie

Danny O'Neill, The Roasterie

25th anniversary: Roasterie founder Danny O’Neill recalls humble start with just ‘nickels and pickles’

By Tommy Felts / September 7, 2018

Brewed in a recession, Danny O’Neill wasn’t sure The Roasterie would sell a single cup of coffee, let alone percolate into an iconic Kansas City brand, the founder said as he reflected on the regional coffee titan’s 25th anniversary. “The only idea I had was coffee,” O’Neill said of his decision to jump ship from…

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Caffeine tours give ‘pub crawl’ experience for lovers of coffee, tea and chocolate

By Tommy Felts / March 16, 2018

Escaping corporate life in New York, Jason Burton moved to Kansas City in 2004 and began pouring his work into a new passion. As a marketer for Kansas City’s Roasterie, Burton soon recognized coffee and tea lacked the social component of events and festivals that are more associated with specialty beverages like beer and wine.…

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Roasterie founder Danny O’Neill takes historical look on Midwest coffee culture

By Tommy Felts / March 9, 2017

Editor’s note: In partnership with the KC Greats podcast, hosted by Scott Parman, Startland News hopes to offer its audience more avenues to learn about entrepreneurs in Kansas City. Opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. In this episode, Roasterie founder and CEO Danny O’Neill answers the question: Why coffee? In the early…

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Brexit

What ‘Brexit’ can teach us about startups

By Tommy Felts / July 5, 2016

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are the author’s alone. Zach and Andrew are both financial tech professionals at blooom. If you watch any financial news or follow anyone besides the Kardashians on Twitter, you probably heard that the U.K. faced its own version of armageddon when it recently voted itself out of…

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