LimeLight Technologies wants to make your food’s origins more transparent. American consumers want to know more about the food they eat. At the same time, ranchers and animal health officials are looking for cost-effective ways to better track animals and improve safety along the food chain. That’s where LimeLight Technologies LLC of Overland Park plans to bridge the gap. The company wants to use SmartTraak, a cloud-based mobile technology, to…
Learn how local entrepreneurs have turned their love of barbecue into full-fledged companies. Every fall, hundreds of competitors crowd into Kansas City’s West Bottoms for the annual American Royal Barbecue—the World Series of Barbecue. Most of them are perfectly content to pursue their love of ’cue strictly as a hobby. But if someone has a hobby they love and they’re good at it, it’s probably inevitable that at some point…
LeAnn Carlson and Lauren’s Hope make medical IDs that keep people safe—and look amazing, too.It all started in 2001 with 13-year-old Lauren Philips, a fashionista with Type 1 Diabetes who wouldn’t wear her unattractive medical ID bracelet. “My family had just moved to Kansas City, and the last thing I wanted was to draw attention to my diabetes,” remembers Philips, now 25 years old and a successful cosmetologist in Dallas….
How one of KC’s most prolific entrepreneurs continues to find great business opportunities. ENTREPRENEUR Benny Lee COMPANY INFORMATION DuraComm Corp. 6655 Troost Ave. Kansas City, MO 64131 (816) 472-5544 www.duracomm.com TYPE OF BUSINESS Manufacturer of switch mode power supplies, solar panels and custom LED lighting solutions YEAR FOUNDED 1993 EMPLOYEES 23 KEYS TO SUCCESS “You will never know everything, so don’t be afraid of what you don’t know. Keep asking…