People & Places

Less than a year after publishing her first post, lifestyle blogger Gwen Hefner has received national recognition that many entrepreneurs would envy. She was chosen to participate in Creating With the Stars, an annual contest for do-it-yourself bloggers, and was selected as one of the top five decorating blogs by “Better Homes and Gardens.” And,…

The business side of a fine arts career is complicated: the process of filing multiple tax forms, writing grant proposals, building websites and marketing often falls on the shoulders of the artist, most of whom don’t hold degrees in business. These processes are complex, time-consuming and often difficult to navigate for the uninitiated. Without these…

Mayor Sly James’ office announced a new partnership between Kansas City, Missouri, and Cisco’s Smart+Connected Communities program this week under the banner Connected and Innovative Kansas City. The partnership is being touted as a major step toward Kansas City becoming the nation’s most entrepreneurial city by Mayor James in a press release from his office….

Nestled on the fifth floor of the historic Firestone building in downtown Kansas City is the headquarters of Boltwell, a startup that makes modern emergency preparedness kits. Trae Nunnink is the CEO of the fashionable emergency company, which launched just a month ago.

It is a calm Saturday morning in Holton, Kan., the kind of day it seems like there’s nothing to worry about. But, to the people at the Jackson County Fairgrounds, there is always something to prepare for.

Inside the slightly downtrodden building are enough supplies, guns, knives and more to last through almost any natural disaster. The supplies and weapons are on display for the Kansas Preppers Expo.