business broker kansas city
It’s a conundrum, said Chad Peterson. Your business is growing. You’re making good money. You’re even enjoying the work. That also just so happens to be the very moment you should at least consider selling your metaphorical “baby” — the company you’ve worked so hard to create and build. Peterson, president of Peterson Acquisitions, a Kansas City business broker with offices in Lenexa, Kan., speaks from personal experience. In the…
stallard technologies
Local firm meets market demand by making old things new again. The Big Deal Bell has been ringing a lot lately at Stallard Technologies Inc. (STI) in Overland Park, Kan. The bell, mounted in the heart of the technology hardware company’s headquarters, is a rallying point for employees and executives when new customers join the firm’s growing roster of clients in 49 states and 100 countries worldwide. And the company…
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…
determination inc
Local nonprofit startup Determination Inc. has announced Kansas City’s first entrepreneurship competition for formerly incarcerated citizens. Determination Inc. started in 2018 with the goal of helping people with criminal records through entrepreneurship. Its newly announced event, Rise Up, Get Started, aims to provide resources for those individuals in the Kansas City community. The Rise Up, Get Started Entrepreneurship Celebration will take place at 7 p.m. May 30 at Plexpod Westport…
Nelly Don
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…