Winners
The 25 Under 25® Program, now in its 10th year, has honored 225 companies. Nominations are now being accepted for the Class of 2011.
2010 Honorees
Aurora Plastic and Hand Surgery, PC
Max Electric, Inc
Office Products Recycling Associates
Scovell Wolfe & Associates, Inc.
Technology Group Solutions. LLC
The Koehler Bortnick Team of Reece & Nichols Real Estate
2010 Entrepreneurial Legacy Award Recipient
Every year at the 25 Under 25 ® Awards Dinner and Gala, KC Small Business magazine also presents the Entrepreneurial Legacy Award to an individual who has made enduring contributions to the entrepreneurial community.
Rick Krska, founder of LaserCycle and InkCycle, is the 2010 award winner.
2009 Honorees
3 Women and an Oven
Arsalon Technologies
Braces by Dr.Hansen
Event Pros
Express Scale Parts
FRD Communications
Galvmet
Genesis Structures
Giltner & Sons
Henning Law Firm
Media Services & ShredTime
Outlaw Cigar Company
P/Strada
Paceline Products
Pass Dental Center
Pat Riha Productions
Poole Fire Protection
Rainy Day Books
River City Studio
Searcy Financial Services
Skyline Displays Heartland
TextCaster
Tickets for Less
TNT Forage
Unchained Creative
2009 Entrepreneurial Legacy Award Recipient
Every year at the 25 Under 25 ® Awards Dinner and Gala, KC Small Business magazine also presents the Entrepreneurial Legacy Award to an individual who has made enduring contributions to the entrepreneurial community.
Kurt Mueller, CEO of the former Kaufman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, is the 2009 award winner.
2008 Honorees
Acceleration LLC
Top Choice Contracting
2008 Entrepreneurial Legacy Award Recipient:
Every year at the 25 Under 25 ® Awards Dinner and Gala, Kansas City Small Business Monthly also presents the Entrepreneurial Legacy Award to an individual who has made enduring contributions to the entrepreneurial community.
V. Cheryl Womack is the 2008 award winner. Cheryl is the chairperson of Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World, a global organization that identifies and promotes female entrepreneurs. Cheryl began her entrepreneurial career by founding NAIT and VCW Inc., an association and insurance agency designed to meet the needs of independent contractor truck drivers. Cheryl now focuses her attention on leading The Star Group team in program and partnership development for annual events that honor the Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the Worldâ„¢. When she isn't participating in The Committee of 200, Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and the Women's Leadership Board, Cheryl frequently addresses diverse audiences around the world.
Scroll to bottom of page for information about the Entrepreneurial Legacy Award and its past recipients.
2007 Honorees
All-Weather Window, Doors & Siding, Inc.
Coleman Industrial Construction
Entrepreneur Advertising Group
Kansas City T-Bones Baseball Club
ReUse Concrete Sealing Specialists
Uncommon Grounds
2007 Entrepreneurial Legacy Award Recipient
Bob Bernstein, co-founder, president and CEO of Bernstein-Rein Advertising, Inc., one of the six largest independent advertising agencies in America.
Scroll to bottom of page for information about the Entrepreneurial Legacy Award and its past recipients.
2006 Honorees
ABMI-Mergers and Acquisitions
ACS Data Search
AnswerPro Limited
Baber's Catering LLC
Birdies
Bryan & Klein Inc.
Creative Courseware Inc.
The Culinary Center of Kansas City
Designers Delivery Services Inc.
Easy Street Inc.
Evolv Solutions Inc.
Felco Printing & Mailing
GPW & Associates LLC
Home Rental Services
Hometown Hearing & Audiology
Kenton Brothers Systems for Security
LionShare Marketing
Metzler Bros. Insurance
Mid-America Merchandising Inc.
Missouri Office Systems & Supplier Inc.
OCCU-TEC Inc.
Prier Products Inc.
Saepio Technologies Inc.
Shatto Farms Inc.
Shear Madness Inc.
2005 Honorees
Adams-Gabbert & Associates Inc.
Allstate Specialty Construction Inc.
Bartunek Technology Group
BuiltToLastHome.com
Caption Services of Kansas LLC
CommWorld of Kansas City
Design Supply Inc.
ESC Index
Greenleaf Construction Co. Inc.
HOTMETAL Creative LLC
Jantsch Slaggie Architects
L.R. Cloverleaf Inc.
Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise
Nature's Window
NCES, Inc.
Pegasus Capital Management Inc.
Prairiebrooke Arts
ProPrint Inc.
Reynolds Consulting
Sturges Word
Take Two
The Best of Kansas City
Union Packaging
Versent'The Purple Guys
Wrenn Insurance
2004 Honorees
Ben Weddle & Associates
Canterbury Preparatory School
City Market Coffee Company
Dessonville Boler Wood Murray & Stalp Inc.
Fulfillment Plus Inc.
Gini L. Toyne & Associates Inc.
Gragg Advertising Inc.
J.M. Neil & Associates Inc.
KC Creations Inc.
Mid-America Sign Contractors Inc.
Missouri Information Solutions
Netchemia LLC
Old-Country Bakery Inc.
Partners in Behavioral Milestones Inc.
Phoenix Renovation and Restoration inc.
Plaza Personnel Ltd.
Scandinavian Country
Schloegel Design Remodel Inc.
Serve & Clean
Sienna Bistro
Six Degrees Solutions LLC
The Smile Salon
Two West Inc.
Weather or Not Inc.
YTC Services Inc.
2003 Honorees
Bridal Wreath
Business By Promotion
C&M Restoration
CHRW Advertising
Curt's Market
ECCO Select
FIVE STAR Speakers & Trainers
Genghis Kahn
Hamele Healthcare Resources
Howell Construction Co., Inc.
iKnowledge Inc.
Leaderpoint
Leatherwood's
Nexus Relocation Group
Original Juan Specialty Foods, Inc.
R&D Associates
Rees Masilionis Turley Architecture, LLC
Rudroff Heating & Air Conditioning
Russ Cline & Associates
S&M NuTec Inc. (makers of Greenies® Dog Treats)
Steed Company Remodeling Contractors
TEAMOFFICE
The Renova Group
Threatt Nutrition Stores Inc.
Transportation Logistics Systems Inc.
2002 Honorees
Accommodations by Apple, Inc.
Almar Printing
The Auto Clinic, Inc.
Corbin Bronze Limited
The Cup and Saucer on Delaware Street, Inc.
Custom Engineering, Inc.
Financial Security Advisors
Harmon Construction
Indigo Wild Aromatics
J. Schmid & Associates, Inc.
Junk Architects
Meers Marketing Communications
Minuteman Press
Morningstar Communications Company
Network Integration Services, Inc.
Noonshine Window Cleaning Service, Inc.
PC Wizards, Inc.
Punch Software, LLC
Robin Chiropractic & Accupuncture Center
Roger the Plumber, Inc.
Santa Fe Auto Sound
Serenity the Rejuvenating Day Spa, Inc.
SPIDERtel, Inc.
Tatjana Alvegaard
Wilson Johnson Embers
Entrepreneurial Legacy Award Recipients
Every year at the 25 Under 25 Awards Dinner and Gala, Kansas City Small Business Monthly also presents an individual who has made enduring contributions to the entrepreneurial community with the Entrepreneurial Legacy Award. Past recipients include:
2007
V. Cheryl Womack
Chair, Leading Women Entrepreneurs of the World; Founder, VCW Inc.
2006
Henry Bloch
Founder, H&R Block
2005
Honorable Carol Marinovich
Mayor/CEO Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas
2004
Dr. Patricia Greene
Dean of the Undergraduate School at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. Where she hold s the President's Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship
Former Ewing Marion Kauffman/Missouri Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership at the University of Missouri – Kansas City (1998-2003) and the New Jersey Chair of Small Business and Entrepreneurship at Rutgers University (1996-1998)
2003
Barnett Helzberg, Jr.
Former Chairman of the Board, Helzberg Diamonds
Founder, Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program (HEMP)
2002
Richard Bendis
President, Innovation Philadelphia Corp.
Former CEO and President, Kansas Technology Enterprise Center
