cushion replcement kansas city
As he runs his own furniture repair service, 17-year-old Ben Belanger redefines “the high school hustle.” Meet Ben Belanger, a junior at Shawnee Mission South. He’s interested in business and engineering, and like many other teenagers, he enjoys sports (like tennis) as well as hanging out with friends and family outside of school. Oh, and he runs his own foam cushion replacement business. Belanger first got the idea for KC…
storybook theatre
Growing a business while raising a family is a challenge for any working parent. But for some single mothers, entrepreneurship has provided the ability to balance work with child-rearing. Single Mother Guide reported that as of 2018, 11.3 million families in the U.S. were headed by a single parent, 81 percent of which were female. Of those, two-thirds were active in the workforce. Anyone starting a business works overtime to…
Linda McMahon SBA
If you’re thinking of starting a new business, now’s the time to do it, says former U.S. Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon. Before her resignation as SBA Administrator on April 12, McMahon visited the Midwest to speak at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in the Heartland—which took place March 18-19 at the Overland Park Convention Center—and to consult with local business owners through the SBA. Following the GES event, McMahon toured…
Maker Village KC
Maker Village KC is the brainchild of local makers Nick Ward-Bopp and Sam Green, who launched the community workshop in 2014 after rehabilitating their building at 31st and Cherry in Kansas City, Mo. “We saw a need from our neighbors in midtown and beyond that really don’t have access to equipment like this on an as-needed basis,” Ward-Bopp said. “At the time, there were several other boarded-up buildings at the…
Tech platform Onspring is no stranger to the fast track. The Overland Park company has doubled, even tripled, its revenue every year since its launch in 2012. Its staff included 15 at this point last year — now, it’s at 32 and still hiring. “Our struggles are now less about how to land customers and revenue, and more about how to find employees,” co-founder and CTO Chad Kreimendahl said. With…