Tag: personal

Independence day: Flipping from side-hustle to full-time requires grind behind glory

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 17:57:38 +0000

Founders found freedom in the journey (but they’re grateful for what they didn’t know was ahead)

Jason Taylor walked away from big tech for good in January — leaving behind a dream résumé that included a long engineering career at Microsoft, then Google, for the freedom to pursue what had once been just a passion project: his own custom cabinetry company that soon would be seen on national TV.

‘America the Entrepreneurial’: Can builders restore the promise of ‘the most courageous startup the world has ever seen?’

admin — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:29:26 +0000

Risk-takers set the story of the United States of America in motion, said Victor W. Hwang, lamenting a modern day reality where needless barriers too often work against entrepreneurs and young businesses.

An upcoming milestone birthday for the nation offers a focal point for restoring a coast-to-coast commitment to supporting builders and dreamers, he said, detailing the launch of “America the Entrepreneurial” — a civic campaign championing economic mobility through entrepreneurship.

Fund Me, KC: Portrayals XR crowdfunds next step in building its immersive healing space

admin — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:44:03 +0000

Startland News is continuing its long-running “Fund Me, KC” series to highlight area entrepreneurs’ efforts to accelerate their businesses or lend a helping hand to others. This is an opportunity for business owners and innovators — like Tricia Keightley and her immersive healing platform — to share their crowdfunding stories and potentially gain backing from new supporters.

Are Hamptons Restaurants Really So Bad or Just Misunderstood?

admin — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:00:18 +0000

Photo: Mark Peterson/Redux for New York Magazine

It’s a matter of very little controversy, on the far-eastern tip of this skinny island where everything has the rich potential for controversy, that no one goes to the Hamptons for the restaurants.

Entrepreneur turns to Missouri elderberries to unlock treatment alternative, wellness brand

admin — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 12:09:14 +0000

Editor’s note: The following story was produced through a paid partnership with MOSourceLink, which boasts a mission to help entrepreneurs and small businesses across the state of Missouri grow and succeed by providing free, easy access to the help they need — when they need it.

Big ideas for young people: How Equal Minded Café crowdfunded its coffee shop youth incubator’s next blend

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:25:32 +0000

Dontavious Young is betting on the next generation. As founder of Equal Minded Café and the Big Ideas Foundation, Young is creating space for high school students to build businesses, find purpose, and take ownership of their futures.

“I want to be someone who kids remember their whole life,” Young said. “Almost everyone has an educator they remember who said one thing to them; one thing that changed everything.”

TikTok Chefs Have Upstaged Their Clients

admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:00:30 +0000

Video: alexbakerstudios, sethboylan, wishbonekitchen

It’s a busy Wednesday morning at the Union Square Greenmarket, and Alex Baker and I are perusing produce. She has to meal-prep for the family she works for full time. Soon, she says, they’ll all be headed out East for the season.

Why this ‘monstrous Midwesterner’ started the presses for a sacred space in KC’s West Bottoms

admin — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 22:49:41 +0000

Michelle Obama Does Not Sound Well

admin — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 21:31:56 +0000

That she squanders her time with personal complaints about having to buy food in the White House and public commentary about not wanting a son who would turn out like her husband suggests she is not well.

Catherine Lacey Rips Into Crabs With Her Bare Hands

admin — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:00:08 +0000

Illustration: Adam Mazur

Before moving to Mexico City this year, the author Catherine Lacey lived in New York for more than a decade — “in the East Village, Crown Heights, Dumbo, Upper West Side, Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene, Bed-Stuy, and Windsor Terrace, in that order more or less.” She wrote her first novel while living in a co-op bed-and-breakfast for artists in Brooklyn and since then has become known for her ambi

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With THC Ban, Greg Abbott Has a Choice: Personal Freedom or Nanny State

admin — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 16:32:49 +0000
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FBI Settles Lawsuit Over Biden Era Cover-Up Of Trans Killer Manifesto

admin — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:34:14 +0000
The FOIA settlement agreement is a victory for transparency and open government, but it’s personal for this reporter.

Complex risks bring community kudos for creative entrepreneur honored by KC Chamber

admin — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 21:28:34 +0000

Keisha Jordan didn’t know what saying “yes” to a job in Kansas City would unlock when she first relocated in 2020, she said, reflecting on a full-circle moment Tuesday after winning a top arts honor from the KC Chamber during its celebration of small business and entrepreneurs.
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Founder’s resolve earns KC mental health practice ‘Small Business of the Year’ title

admin — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 18:07:17 +0000

Editor’s note: The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce is a non-financial partner of Startland News, which serves as the media partner for the Small Business Superstars program.

Kansas City’s newest Small Business of the Year is on a years-long journey to create safe, inclusive spaces for its clients and team, the resilient entrepreneur behind the venture said Tuesday.
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Trump Is Wrong. America Shouldn’t Be Admitting Chinese Nationals To Its Universities

admin — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:24:12 +0000
Regardless of his personal feelings on the subject, Trump must place U.S. national security interests first.