Tag: small

MTC leader resigning, calls for a new voice to lead fight for Missouri entrepreneurship funding

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:01:27 +0000

A leadership change at the Missouri Technology Corporation comes as the state faces a crossroads with its approach to entrepreneurship support, officials said Tuesday, reacting to news of a high-profile resignation just three months after the public-private partnership lost key financial support from lawmakers and a new governor.

Amazon’s drones won’t be alone over KC: Federal rule change opens skies to greater tech buzz

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 20:00:27 +0000

As the nation prepares for large-scale commercial drone deployments — thanks in part to newly rolled-back federal regulations — pilots, businesses, and agencies using the tech must skillfully balance opportunity with public trust and privacy concerns, industry experts said.

“I’ve had people say to me, it kind of creeps me out … but in 30 minutes to get my thing; I’m definitely going to do it,” said Chris Preston, director of Prime Air operations for Amazon.

How Prime Air drones will work

The Spiel Has Become a Scourge

admin — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 11:00:39 +0000

Photo: George Karger/Pix/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

The other night, at a perfectly nice new downtown restaurant, the server came over to take our order. Even he didn’t look up to the task: “Are you good on the menu, or should I do my spiel and walk you through?” We opted for the Spiel, mostly out of a sense of obligation. We all knew he was supposed to give us the Spiel.

Garmin survived the smartphone revolution; now it wears digital health innovation on its wrist

admin — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:51:03 +0000

Garmin might not have survived cellular carriers putting free navigation and mapping apps on every smartphone if the Olathe-based GPS tech leader wasn’t constantly innovating, said Scott Burgett, touring a group of digital health entrepreneurs and investors through the Johnson County headquarters.

KCSourceLink expands bilingual entrepreneur-focused support, adding two more Community Navigators

admin — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:04:20 +0000

A network of “Community Navigators” is extending resources deeper into Kansas City’s entrepreneur community, KCSourceLink announced Friday, detailing the hiring of Citlali Valdez and Racquel Rodriguez to its months-old connectivity program.

Meta’s billion-dollar KC data center just came online; here’s what the region expects it to generate

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:02:12 +0000

As Meta officially flipped the switch this week on its Kansas City Data Center — making the $1 billion project part of the company’s global infrastructure — the move positions the metro as a hub for cutting-edge tech, said Quinton Lucas.

Hori Is an Invite-Only Izakaya

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:00:57 +0000

Illustration: Sunny Wu

Down a narrow flight of stairs off a nondescript stretch of East 50th Street, past a ceramics studio and behind a clothing boutique, is the 14-seat restaurant Hori.

Hori Is an Invite-Only Izakaya

admin — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:00:57 +0000

Illustration: Sunny Wu

Down a narrow flight of stairs off a nondescript stretch of East 50th Street, past a ceramics studio and behind a clothing boutique, is the 14-seat restaurant Hori.

Peyote Is Disappearing From the U.S. One Group Is Trying to Save It.

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Bong Is Cambodia by Way of Crown Heights

admin — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:00:16 +0000

Photo: Hugo Yu

That opening a restaurant — even in a restaurant-mad town like this one — is a fool’s errand is so well established it barely needs saying. The costs are high, the rewards few, the work grinding, the success rate minuscule. Want to make money with a restaurant? Sell it to the next sucker.

Saga Is Starting Fresh

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 11:00:08 +0000

Photo: Courtesy of Saga

When Charlie Mitchell worked at Clover Hill, the 20-seat Brooklyn Heights tasting room where he earned his first Michelin star and was named the best chef in New York by the James Beard Foundation, his days began and ended in the kitchen.

First Look: Hacienda del Rio, the French Cowboys’ New Hill Country Hotel

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Meet 20 entrepreneurs primed to scale their ventures through KC program’s 15th cohort

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 20:29:33 +0000

Transformational opportunities await growth-minded entrepreneurs from across Kansas City’s wide range of industries, said Jill Hathaway, noting business leaders from sports tech to roofing, brewing to nutrition counseling, can scale with the right coaching, perspective and connections.

ScaleUP! Kansas City on Monday announced its 15th cohort of 20 local companies looking to create new jobs, open new locations and strengthen the regional economy.

Plaza food hall returns with Lula’s, Guy’s, J. Rieger and more KC foodie favorites inside

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:37:03 +0000

A hotel food hall — just up the hill from a main artery of the Country Club Plaza — is planning a restaurant rally this week; reopening its shared culinary experience with some of the Kansas City food scene’s biggest local brands and a food hall rarity: full-service.

In Texas’s Smallest School District, This Superintendent Is Also a Cook (and Plumber)

admin — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000