business broker kansas city
It’s a conundrum, said Chad Peterson. Your business is growing. You’re making good money. You’re even enjoying the work. That also just so happens to be the very moment you should at least consider selling your metaphorical “baby” — the company you’ve worked so hard to create and build. Peterson, president of Peterson Acquisitions, a Kansas City business broker with offices in Lenexa, Kan., speaks from personal experience. In the…
stallard technologies
Local firm meets market demand by making old things new again. The Big Deal Bell has been ringing a lot lately at Stallard Technologies Inc. (STI) in Overland Park, Kan. The bell, mounted in the heart of the technology hardware company’s headquarters, is a rallying point for employees and executives when new customers join the firm’s growing roster of clients in 49 states and 100 countries worldwide. And the company…
storybook theatre
Growing a business while raising a family is a challenge for any working parent. But for some single mothers, entrepreneurship has provided the ability to balance work with child-rearing. Single Mother Guide reported that as of 2018, 11.3 million families in the U.S. were headed by a single parent, 81 percent of which were female. Of those, two-thirds were active in the workforce. Anyone starting a business works overtime to…
Maker Village KC
Maker Village KC is the brainchild of local makers Nick Ward-Bopp and Sam Green, who launched the community workshop in 2014 after rehabilitating their building at 31st and Cherry in Kansas City, Mo. “We saw a need from our neighbors in midtown and beyond that really don’t have access to equipment like this on an as-needed basis,” Ward-Bopp said. “At the time, there were several other boarded-up buildings at the…
Tech platform Onspring is no stranger to the fast track. The Overland Park company has doubled, even tripled, its revenue every year since its launch in 2012. Its staff included 15 at this point last year — now, it’s at 32 and still hiring. “Our struggles are now less about how to land customers and revenue, and more about how to find employees,” co-founder and CTO Chad Kreimendahl said. With…