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OMG! Her gooey butter cookies saved the family home; now this KC shop is baking even more believers

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:45:06 +0000

St. Louis cult favorite — gooey butter cake — serves as the springboard for a new Kansas City bakery … with a twist. It also sells gooey butter cookies.

“Gooey butter cake is a St. Louis tradition. It’s where I’m from and we have the family recipe,” said Tennille Lampe, founder of Oh My Gooey KC, which recently opened its 11119 N. Oak Trafficway specialty bakery to retail customers. “I think it is pretty rich, indulgent with a melt-in-your-mouth texture. A beloved Midwest dessert.”

Dual attractions at vineyard disc golf course bring hole-in-one for this Kansas entrepreneur trio

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 11:00:48 +0000

Startland News’ Startup Road Trip series explores innovative and uncommon ideas finding success in rural America and Midwestern startup hubs outside the Kansas City metro.

EDGERTON, Kansas — A rural Douglas County family is pairing its award-winning Kansas table wine with 18 holes of disc golf and earning national recognition in the process, Christy Fuller-Flyntz shared.

Chamber showcase fills Union Station with real-life social networking for small biz owners

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 20:02:44 +0000

Entrepreneur Dane Moss likes to do things a little over the top, he shared Wednesday from inside the Grand Hall at Union Station, noting that simply handing out T-shirts and koozies to event attendees simply doesn’t fit his style.

‘Never settle’: He started small, now Drue Stewart is bringing TikTok-famous food to former Westport Ale House

admin — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 17:21:44 +0000

‘Bigger, better, crazier; Never settle; The building had a dark cloud but we are going to bring new life to it’

Less than a year after opening Holy Brunch KC in Westport — and one small expansion — Drue Stewart is making an enormous leap.

Trio of early stage Kansas City startups tapped to join K-State Accelerator focused on boosting Kansas economy

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 21:23:57 +0000

MANHATTAN, Kansas — Seven startups are expected to begin work this month within the K-State Accelerator, earning funds, training and resources to turn their concepts into successful Sunflower State ventures.

Three of the selected companies hail from the Kansas City area, including dScribe AI; 4D Leaders; and Rebound Jerseys.

Europe’s Latest Attacks On Free Speech And Free Elections Prove Vance’s Munich Warning Right

admin — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:30:00 +0000

Vance warne

The Latest Celebrity Western Status Symbol? An Actual Horse.

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 21:35:09 +0000

This young baker tore up the instructions for starting a business (but kept all the best recipes)

admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:09:43 +0000

Overland Park cookie shop gets a new baker behind the counter, adding a frosted twist to familiar favorites

She learned to bake as a child by her grandmother’s side.

So by middle school, Maddie Callicott was so proficient she not only held popular bake sales, she printed up business cards for her “You Take the Cake” operation to generate more orders from family and friends.

Neighborhood smart cans help Kansas Citians save the planet from their kitchens

admin — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 20:19:20 +0000

Newly introduced composting technology is already turning new ground in Kansas City, Kristan Chamberlain said, with more solar-powered compost cans arriving later this spring across the metro’s urban landscape.

Voodoo Volleyball bounces back in OP: Father-daughter duo doubles as new venture’s setters

admin — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:45:03 +0000

Quinn Austin put several sports to the test as a preteen — racing from basketball practice to softball to volleyball.

But she latched on to just one.

“Volleyball. It was my sport. Everyone was having a good time,” she said. “We just loved the cheers — a cheer when we got a hit, a cheer when we got an ace. It was the camaraderie. I just committed to volleyball.”

So you think you’re CEO material? UMKC’s ‘CEO Academy’ puts that ambition to the test

admin — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 20:41:13 +0000

Aspiring executives with an eye on the C-suite need to be ready well before the opportunity arises, said Dan Hesse, leaning on his years of past experience as president and CEO of Sprint. It’s not about just being the boss, he emphasized.

“Of all the roles, that of the CEO is so different than any other in the company,” said Hesse, now co-host of The Mentors Radio podcast and a leader on several boards.

Trio adds Asian fusion to KCK culinary cluster; new BYO ramen, poke spot opens by May

admin — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:19:26 +0000

This little strip in Kansas City, Kansas, boasts some of the metro’s favorite restaurants: Joe’s Kansas City Bar-B-Que, 1889 Pizza Napoletana, and Gus’s World Famous Chicken.

Lulu’s Thai Noodle Shop is just down the street in Westwood.

Lawmaker asks SBA to relocate offices from KC to Columbia, citing sanctuary-like policies for immigrants

admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 20:24:28 +0000

A Kansas City-area congressman wants the U.S. Small Business Administration to move its offices from downtown Kansas City to central Missouri, amid President Trump’s nationwide crackdown on undocumented immigrants and a broad restructuring of how the federal government works.

Opinion: The Moral Argument to Opt Out of X, Instagram, and Facebook

admin — Thu, 13 Mar 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Given their owners’ immoral behavior and growing influence on the White House, it’s time to delete their apps

Physician assistant, mom juggles healthy challenge: opening two Tropical Smoothie Cafe franchises

admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:18:22 +0000

A new Tropical Smoothie Cafe franchisee is opening not one, but two locations this spring — all while keeping her day job and raising twin 4-year-olds.