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Nelly Don

Local musical ‘Nelly Don’ captures entrepreneurial legacy in Kansas City

It isn’t every day that an attorney writes a full-production musical about Kansas City business history. But that’s precisely the story of Terence O’Malley—owner of The O’Malley Law Firm and the creator and lyricist of the local production “Nelly Don: The Musical.” The performance ran from March 14-31 at the Musical Theatre Heritage in Crown Center and sold out 13 of its 21 shows—making it the most popular box office…
Joelsette Hernandez-Jones

Pharos Partners: Doubling down

When Joelsette Hernandez-Jones started her IT and engineering staffing firm Pharos Partners in 2014, it was following a decade in IT consultation across several large corporations in Kansas City. “I wanted to have more control over my career, and to do that I needed to start my own company,” she said. “Given my experiences as a consultant, I decided to go out and start my own staffing firm.” Hernandez-Jones has…
techhire coding

In Focus: Taming the Wild West Web

Imagine, for a moment, a wild West where lawlessness rules the terrain and criminals and chaos run amok. If you can picture it, then you have a close sense of today’s dark web — with bad actors on the Internet as robbers, and regulatory and tech companies as cops. “It’s become very affordable to be a bad guy,” Purple Guys founder and CEO Jon Schram said. “There’s no barrier to…

Going green: Local businesses practice Earth Day every day

Some of Kansas City’s small businesses have, quite literally, stepped up to save the world. In the face of rapid environmental change across the globe, sustainable practices and environmental responsibility are increasingly salient topics of conversation in business communities. In various ways, little or large, small businesses from industries across KC have approached the green wave from their own angles. These companies have taken a proactive stance in providing solutions…
SaRA health

SaRA Health: Simplified recovery

The founders of a new health tech platform believe in the power of physical therapy — but they realize that sometimes patients need a push. “We believe in providing value-based care by helping out patients, providers and payers,” co-founder and CEO Steven Coen said. “We help injured patients and employees recover potentially quicker and more fully by keeping them adherent to a home program.” SaRA Health has been in development…
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