Amy Goode, co-founder of Meridian Business Services, joins Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon to discuss her entrepreneurial journey. Amy founded the consulting company in 2003 with Heather Wright, in Louisburg, Kansas, the community outside of Kansas City where she grew up.  She knew that tax and accounting services were lacking in Louisburg and the surrounding area, so providing those services seemed like a good business idea and a way to…

Entrepreneurial experts from as far as Northern Ireland will come to Kansas City as judges for Pipeline’s Innovator of the Year award. Pipeline fellows compete for the program’s top award, which will be given at The Innovators program Jan. 25. The companies are judged on performance during the fellowship year, scores from business plans refined through the program and presentations given during the pitch competition Jan. 25 at Alamo Draft…