Expansion, News Updates, Startup

Brew Lab Prepares to Open Overland Park Brewery

Brew Lab, a brew-on-premises shop and homebrew supply store, will complete a move next month to a larger space at 7925 Marty as it prepares to open a full-scale brewery. Established in 2013, Brew Lab was founded by Clay Johnston, Justin Waters, Kevin Combs and Matthew Hornung. The original concept was built around consumers’ growing interest to brew their own beer. For a fee, homebrewers and first-timers learn the fundamentals…

Expansion, Growth Strategy, Web Exclusives

A Message from Your Future: 3 Business Priorities for 2017

Every year at the holidays, my family plays a game called “Yankee Swap.” In our version, inexpensive, useful gifts are wrapped identically. Each person is given a number, selects and unwraps a gift, or “steals” another player’s opened gift. This year, my gift was a 2017 planner titled “Plans for World Domination 2017.” Talk about Big Hairy Audacious Goals – this was probably not what Jim Collins had in mind…

Expansion, Growth Strategy

Renewal Notice

It’s not enough to prepare for the worst. Resilient companies also know how to reinvent themselves. Usually, when business leaders think about corporate resilience, they think about operational resilience (OR)—the ability to respond to emergencies. OR is critically important, but it doesn’t really give them a sustainable competitive advantage. To continue growing, companies also need the second component of corporate resilience: strategic resilience (SR). Whereas OR is situational, SR is…