Jill Minton, founder of t.Loft health cafes in Kansas City, is sharing her entrepreneurial acumen through her new business academy, Launch Your Leap. This 15-course online educational program will take participants through the fundamentals needed to proceed with a business idea — inspiring the leap. Minton, who has a background in accounting and starting her own chain of cafes, used much of her own experience in developing the coursework. READ…

Phone Medic, a locally owned electronics repair retailer, has announced a partnership to accelerate growth. Phone Medic will become a franchisee of uBreakiFix, a nationwide industry leader in walk-in repairs. Based in Overland Park, Phone Medic was established in 2014 and services devices from smartphones to drones. Over the next two months, it will transition to the uBreakiFix brand. The partnership allows the stores access to exclusive partnership deals with…