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Zego: Platform offers convenience, new revenue streams

Company //  Zego Inc. Entrepreneur // Adam Blake, CEO What they do //  Zego is a “hub for smarter apartment living,” Blake said. Built by real estate experts and backed by artificial intelligence, Zego integrates smart-home devices with an app that connects residents with management, maintenance and a marketplace for local services. “Zego improves operational efficiencies and generates additional revenue for owners and managers, while improving apartment living for residents,”…
potion yarns

Potion Yarns: Business grows skein by skein

Johanna Miller is a lifelong knitter. Starting at age 6, Miller took a break from the craft before returning to it at 19. “I like it because I get really fidgety when I don’t have something to do,” she said. These days, Miller has plenty to keep her busy—working as a full-time hairstylist and running Potion Yarns, her own hand-dyed yarn business. Miller started her company in 2016 with the…
nickel and suede

Nickel & Suede: Pivot leads to fast growth

Kilee Nickels was working at Gap Kids when she noticed that something was missing from the retailer’s apparel line. “They sell a lot of cute clothes with belt loops but no belts,” Nickels said. “I thought, ‘This could be cute, and no one else is doing it.’” Nickels went to work for herself, making leather belts for children at home and selling them online. That business eventually folded, but not…

Immigrant entrepreneurs, with help from local resources, launch successful businesses

After operating a free clinic on the weekend for years, chiropractor Dong Chang Lee was confident he could help even more people if he started his own full-time business. The question was, would anyone help the South Korean immigrant? Lee, the founder of Lohan Chiropractic and Acupuncture in Kansas City, Mo., is one of more than 7,000 immigrant entrepreneurs in the metro area. According to data from the Greater Kansas…
athlete network

Athlete Network: From the playing field to the corner suite

Just think of everything that goes into the making of a successful athlete. Years or sometimes decades of hard, grinding work. A ferociously competitive spirit. The ability to gracefully accept coaching, even when it’s delivered bluntly, while working alongside teammates from completely different backgrounds. Sounds like somebody who would be a pretty good employee, right? Unfortunately, too many athletes struggle to transition into the working world after their playing days…
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