The Selfie Boutique, a pop-up art gallery imagined by Alex Altomare, is currently on exhibit at 1827 McGee St. in Kansas City’s Crossroads Arts District. The concept came to Altomare after a visit to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, where he saw people were taking selfies with artwork — which, in his opinion, is not what artwork was intended for. So, he thought, what would art look like if it…

Carol Espinosa founded Freedom Interiors in 2010. She joins Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon to share her strategies for building the commercial interior design and furnishings company, which serves corporations, educational institutions and government facilities.  The company has seen continual annual revenue growth and plans to add more employees this year. But Espinosa housed the company for several years at the Blue Hills Contractor Incubator to manage its startup and…

Did you know that more than 50 percent of Google searches are from mobile devices? Or that your lack of a mobile-friendly website can impact your search rankings? Code Koalas founder Ryan Wyse joins Smart Companies host Kelly Scanlon to share tips on how business owners can avoid letting their technology become stagnant, use mobile applications to enhance their business and project a fresh web presence. The company develops websites,…