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Nile Valley Aquaponics, Dre Taylor

Nile Valley Aquaponics: Growing more than food

Community center Nile Valley Aquaponics is bringing a splash of green to the Kansas City metro’s urban landscape. Created in 2015 by Dre Taylor, Nile Valley Aquaponics is a community greenhouse that provides free, year-round access to local, organic food and health education. “Our goals are to provide fresh, local food, to reduce our carbon footprint and to build a community,” Taylor said. Nile Valley also offers a free community…

What I Love About My Building: Small businesses reflect on KC’s coolest workspaces

Across Kansas City, innovative spaces and amenities have come to define new work experiences for employees. Five buildings in particular caught our attention for breaking the mold on traditional office settings. The businesses currently occupying those spaces chatted with Thinking Bigger about company culture and their favorite things about where they work. FISHTECH GROUP LOCATION // 13333 Holmes Rd., Kansas City, Mo. FOUNDED // 2015 CEO // Gary Fish ABOUT // Founded…
Ronnie Washington, Onward, NBKC, fintech

Fintech in focus: Kansas City advances innovation in banking

Within the past couple of years, innovations under the blanket moniker “fintech” have taken international banking and technology industries by storm — and Kansas City is no exception. But, many ask, what exactly is it? The term “fintech” originated as an abbreviation for “financial technology” and encompasses a wide berth of processes, including payment exchange systems like PayPal and Venmo, artificial intelligence and any tech related to digital, online or…
Brenda Craig, Craig Safety

Craig Safety Technologies: Adapt and thrive

Brenda Craig’s entrepreneurial journey has been one defined by adaptation. Before starting Craig Safety Technologies in 1998, she had been a teacher, a flight attendant and a hotel manager. She also spent more than 10 years in the food distribution business, serving on the board of directors at her father’s company. In 1997, Craig started selling CD-ROMs with instructions for OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) compliance — but few…
Wendy Guillies, Kauffman Foundation

Kauffman’s national address spotlights entrepreneurial communities

Entrepreneurial communities may have found their most enthusiastic advocates right here in the Midwest. On Wednesday, the Marion Ewing Kauffman Foundation‘s CEO Wendy Guillies opened the annual State of Entrepreneurship address on the stage of the Medallion Theater at Plexpod Westport Commons.The event marked the 10th anniversary of the address, but its first year delivered directly from Kansas City rather than Washington, D.C. Via livestream, Guillies spoke to viewers across…
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