Lifted Spirits and Qbox
At this week’s 1 Million Cups at the Kauffman Foundation, presenters included a local distillery and a startup with an international aim. Their industries may be worlds apart, but both ventures are searching for the same thing–a sustainable business model that works here in Kansas City and beyond. Lifted Spirits Business partners Kyle Claypool and Michael Stuckey shared the story of how their home distillation hobby became a locally sourced…
Thinking Bigger Business News Update
Kansas City’s U.S.SourceLink is getting a new name and a new look. From now on, it’ll be called SourceLink. Its slogan? “R&D for your entrepreneurial community.” You might already be familiar with KCSourceLink, the program that helps local entrepreneurs connect with free resources to start and grow their companies. But, as U.S.SourceLink, it also helped start similar programs in many other communities. Removing “U.S.” from the name and logo, as…
Thinking Bigger Business News Update
Could a stronger safety net encourage more talented people to become entrepreneurs? That’s what the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is exploring in its latest Entrepreneurial Policy Digest. The digest found that giving entrepreneurs, or would-be entrepreneurs, help with health care or daycare could diminish some of the fundamental risks of entrepreneurship and lead more people to start businesses. The Kauffman Foundation’s research shows that better health and social insurances create…