Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band may be traveling to Kansas City on a Greyhound bus from Tennessee to perform at the Starlight Theatre. (After all, “Missouri Loves Company.”) But Starr’s artwork will make a stop in Kansas for an exclusive engagement during Labor Day weekend, Sept. 1-3. The Leawood Fine Art Gallery, 11709 Roe Ave. in the Camelot Court Shopping Center, will host the Ringo Starr Fine Art…

Organizers with the C-Tech Summit announced plans for the third annual Pure Pitch Rally, issuing a call for startup businesses and investors to apply for the event’s pitching competition to win early-stage funding. The invitation-only event will take place from 4-6 p.m. Oct. 10 at The American Restaurant, 200 E. 25th St. in Kansas City. Organizers said they expect more than 200 CEOs and angel investors to attend the event,…

Thirty-seven businesses in the Kansas City metro area made the 2018 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., a slight decrease from the 2017 list of 40 companies. Two area retail companies — Nickel & Suede and Mer-Sea & Co. — made it into the Inc. 500, each growing more than 1000 percent since 2014. Many companies made repeat appearances, include DEG of Overland Park, which was…

Pam Newton was running out of space. The Liberty-based designer and “Indiana Jones treasure hunter” of antique furnishings was stockpiling collected items she used in the design of iWerx and other projects at the Northland coworking facility’s storage units. After the completion of the iWerx project, Newton moved her business into her home garage. It quickly became apparent that the garage wasn’t going to work for a maker workshop. “I…

One in four dogs will be impacted by cancer, and cancer is the top cause of death in dogs over the age of two. ELIAS Animal Health, an Olathe-based bioscience company, is hoping its new immunotherapeutic product can help in the fight against cancer in companion animals. Preliminary results are encouraging. At the 2018 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum in June, ELIAS said that its new ELIAS autologous…