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How Zaarly’s ‘gruesome’ shutdown led to a $3.4M task for Bo Fishback (Hint:...
Two months after announcing “the final chapter” of Zaarly, the Kansas City startup’s founder and 12-member team have joined a fast-growing international tech company — bringing the overseas brand to...
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Demand more than the life you see scrolling Instagram, Ryan Harvey urges...
Kansas City motivational speaker Ryan Harvey thought his dreams had come true when a duo from Los Angeles offered him a job creating videos for their up-and-coming self-help company, he recalled. To...
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How restaurant fatigue, staffing shortages pushed one KC chef to reinvent...
An ongoing health crisis forced many people to rethink aspects of their lives in 2020, said Bryan Sparks, but for members of the hospitality industry specifically, the sustained pressure of a lingering...
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KC pro wrestling rides its return — inside Blip Roasters and fueled by...
The fast-paced world of local wrestling might seem like a crazy one, but its coming return offers DJ Stewart a much-needed sense of normalcy. “It gives me something to be really excited to work on,”...
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UpDown Nightlife caps $500K seed round with party bus partnership; app to...
Building an app centered on nightlife and in-person entertainment during a pandemic requires intense focus and intentionality every step of the way, Joshua Lewis said. “It’s been a slow and steady...
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Legacy-filled eclair shop launches with crowds, pastry case lined with...
Chef Erin Luttrell recalls tales of lines out the door and around the block at her great-grandparents’ bakery in the 1920s — the inspiration behind her newly opened sweets shop on the historic...
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Fill ’em with kindness: Why one plant-based eatery is moving it’s do-good...
With every order up at Kind Food’s Iron District-forged counter, Kansas City becomes a little more compassionate — or at least compassion-curious, Jonelle Jones said, dishing on the do-good mission and...
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For the good of the hive: KC pediatrician builds buzz with award-winning...
No one is more surprised by pediatrician Marion Pierson’s newfound career success as a beekeeper and advocate for urban apiaries, the Prairie Village doctor said. “I didn’t know this would happen,”...
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2022 Startups to Watch: Interplay reimagines dog crating for the busy, but...
Editor’s note: Startland News selected 10 Kansas City firms to spotlight for its annual Startups to Watch list, now in its seventh year recognizing founders and startups that editors believe will make...
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Ting’s takes a page from grandma’s cookbook, bringing Filipino fare to KC;...
Filipino food goes hand-in-hand with Theresa “Ting” Santos’ fondest memories, she said. Wherever her family gathered to celebrate or just simply be together, food followed. “It’s always been a passion...
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