Finding the right software these days can be difficult, as many software companies have become better at marketing their products than building them. When you begin your search for a new software application, there are four basic categories to consider:  Custom application ERP/CRM implementation (enterprise resource planning/customer relationship management) Low-code platform Off-the-shelf software Each of these options comes with advantages and disadvantages from both technical and non-technical perspectives, with many…
It all started with some geraniums and a newspaper ad. A young flower grower who primarily sold his products wholesale found himself with a bumper crop of the popular annual. So he placed an ad to sell the extra supply — and the community responded in droves to his high-quality flowers.  What was originally planned as a one-time sale turned into an annual sale, and, before long, the business expanded…
Investors are invited to rebuild Kansas City’s culture at the newly announced GUILDit, an art village at the multi-industry Plexpod Wesport Coworking Building. The plans include coworking, studios, a theatre and a gallery for 1,281 art entrepreneurs, 63,350 art students and audience members. The project came to fruition when the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce that the arts have had “the greatest downturn and will have the longest recovery.”…
With the building anxiety from another year of uncertainty, living in the present is all we can plan for. Another wave of COVID is hitting, motivation is dropping, mental health is declining and hard work doesn’t feel as rewarding.  This is where the office cheerleader comes in — the one with superpower energy, the “Salvador Perez” of the workplace. It’s time to find him or her, or perhaps step into…
If you’re like me, taking care of routine maintenance on your car is at the bottom of your list of favorite things to do.  Changing the oil, rotating the tires, checking the systems. I grumble a little bit every time I have to take my car in for preventive maintenance because it’s an inconvenience and an unwelcome disruption in my day. But when I hear myself whining, I remind myself…