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superior moving and storage

Superior Moving & Storage: 105-year-old business stays on the move

Not many businesses can say they started out with a few horses and a wagon for hauling steamer trunks. But for Superior Moving & Storage, a family business spanning 105 years, its origin story is anything but ordinary. The company was created by John Thomas “J.T.” Lynch–who would later become one of the first fire chiefs in Kansas City–and his wife Theresa in 1914. Since then, the business has been…

KCI Auto Auction: Paying it forward

If someone told Doug Doll six years ago that his business would donate over $1 million to children and women in need, he wouldn’t have believed them. However, over half a decade later, Doll and his team at the KCI Auto Auction have supported countless charities, resulting in $1.25 million of donations. Doll continues to give back to the community, including $183,000 donated in 2018. ‘It was our business to…
determination inc

Nonprofit startup launches competition for formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs

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

Local musical ‘Nelly Don’ captures entrepreneurial legacy in Kansas City

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…
Joelsette Hernandez-Jones

Pharos Partners: Doubling down

When Joelsette Hernandez-Jones started her IT and engineering staffing firm Pharos Partners in 2014, it was following a decade in IT consultation across several large corporations in Kansas City. “I wanted to have more control over my career, and to do that I needed to start my own company,” she said. “Given my experiences as a consultant, I decided to go out and start my own staffing firm.” Hernandez-Jones has…
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