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Blowing an Old-Time Sound

Edison Amps Made Music From an Annoyance Tom Stein believes problems are only opportunities. You should listen to him, or at least listen to music via one of his Edison Amps. Stein began making Edison Amps when his wife Julie suggested that placing his cell phone in an empty pint water glass to amplify the music while he was in the shower was unsanitary. So, he cut the bell off…

Building Kansas City: In the Money

A diverse economy is boosting KC’s financial services industry. Thanks to a diverse local economy, Kansas City‘s financial services industry has made strides since the Great Recession. The banking and insurance sectors are enjoying record employment and, depending on the regulatory and political climates, are poised for even greater growth. Banks are holding their own in a Dodd-Frank regulatory environment that discourages lending because of higher reserve requirements and an…

Furniture With Local Roots

Madison Flitch gives new meaning to KC’s salvaged trees John Pryor, the founder of Madison Flitch, is the master of “tree to table” furniture. The young company recovers wood from local trees that were displaced by construction, felled by windstorms, damaged by illness or stricken by other calamities. Pryor catalogs each piece of wood’s story and then turns the wood into furniture with a unique design. Instead of rotting in…

The Sunshine Box

Making Haiti’s mobile phones ring Conner Hazelrigg just wanted to provide an easier way for people in Haiti to charge their cell phones. Her desire to help has led to the creation of 17° 73°, a company that could make solar power available to less-developed countries around the globe. Hazelrigg has developed a solar-powered battery apparatus that can charge 10 mobile phones at a time. It is a boon for…
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