Planters Seeds
Service, product and knowledge anchor the nostalgic general store. Planters Seed and Spice Co. has a customer relationship many companies only dream about. Their employees will carry your purchases to your car, they will tell you how to plant your garden products and how to use spices. Their customers bring samples they have grown back to staff at the nostalgic general store in the Historic City Market. One man in…
blankets
Their blankets are a big piece of cozy art. Karrie Dean always felt she was a designer, so she decided to fashion her own job after she was laid off from an advertising company. She designed a position for her own new business creating beautiful products that make a lot of people happy. Any regrets after her layoff lingered only briefly as she got busy with Happy Habitat, designing comfortable…
Rappin’ Roy and Reggie Regg might not seem like your average entrepreneurs, but music is a serious business for them. Dressed in matching sweat suits, the energetic Kansas City children’s entertainers are always ready to perform. They blend hip hop, a touch of magic and an upbeat positive message to their educational-based program. The co-owners of H3 Enterprises—short for Healthy Hip Hop—aim to have even the most lethargic student up…
senior care
Kevin Staley changed his company—and opened the door to massive growth—by finding a new niche. Here’s how Integrated Health Systems became a national leader in IT for senior care. Senior care providers want to deliver excellent care for their clients, to keep them healthy and happy. But they didn’t go into business to be technology experts. That’s why so many facilities are instead turning to Kevin Staley and the team…