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KCI Auto Auction: Paying it forward

If someone told Doug Doll six years ago that his business would donate over $1 million to children and women in need, he wouldn’t have believed them. However, over half a decade later, Doll and his team at the KCI Auto Auction have supported countless charities, resulting in $1.25 million of donations. Doll continues to give back to the community, including $183,000 donated in 2018. ‘It was our business to…
determination inc

Nonprofit startup launches competition for formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs

Local nonprofit startup Determination Inc. has announced Kansas City’s first entrepreneurship competition for formerly incarcerated citizens. Determination Inc. started in 2018 with the goal of helping people with criminal records through entrepreneurship. Its newly announced event, Rise Up, Get Started, aims to provide resources for those individuals in the Kansas City community. The Rise Up, Get Started Entrepreneurship Celebration will take place at 7 p.m. May 30 at Plexpod Westport…
delivering outcomes

Engaged? How about delivering outcomes?

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the idea of employee engagement. For starters, it’s a horribly clinical term that doesn’t really capture the essence of the concept. What’s really important, and maybe more difficult to explain, is the idea of having a self-directed team that comes up with ideas and does things that you might not have ever thought about. Previously, I wrote about a big idea from Mike…
Crux KC

Crux KC looks to “Xcelerate” sales, revenue for emerging businesses with sister company

Moving forward requires a little speed, and three Kansas City executives have teamed up to put the pedal down with Crux-Xcelerate. Rick Kahle, former president of Lockton’s Kansas City Employee Benefits Office, Melea McRae, founder and CEO of Crux KC and former CMO of the KC Chamber, and Dave Johnson, former sales executive at Sprint and YRC Worldwide, launched their new business venture, Crux-Xcelerate, in January 2019. The new business is a…
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