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Jul 30, 2024
My brothers Rob and John were among a few who had our hand in opening a restaurant a couple years before we bought Ingram’s in the mid-90s. Sweeney’s Shamrock Cafe & Pub was to be located in the former Sutera’s…
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Jul 30, 2024
That time of year again when the weather in Missouri and Kansas takes on blast-furnace dimensions. For fans of college athletics, though, it’s a time of hope: In football, especially when players assemble for training camp, and every one of…
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Jul 30, 2024
For more than 20 years, I moderated a monthly business roundtable for Ingram’s. In the early years of this century, one subject that surfaced with regularity was the need for Kansas City to recruit and nurture a “creative class.” The…
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Jul 9, 2024
Laurel and Hardy was among my favorite shows as a kid and this edition reflects a bit of the Hardy syndrome, being released on the heels of what might be one the larger and most historic and well- produced publications…
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Jul 9, 2024
It is unsettling enough that multiple millions of unvetted people have flooded across the border in these past few years, but it is beyond bizarre that some elected officials—enter Mayor Quinton Lucas, stage left—welcome the flood. In April, Kansas City’s…
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Jul 9, 2024
On tap this edition: a thought experiment in U.S. compensation levels. With a little luck, today’s class will end with a stake driven through the heart of the tired, old argument about payroll patriarchy in America. Stick with me on…
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Jun 18, 2024
I can’t begin to tell you of the joy it brings to serve as the publisher of Ingram’s for the past 28 years and to deliver this unique edition honoring some of the most accomplished companies and leaders who built…
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Apr 8, 2024
Of the variety of rankings Ingram’s researchers and journalists produce each year, I believe The Ingram’s 100 may be the most interesting. For starters, private companies by nature are protective of their revenues. Trust is hard-earned in the data and…
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Apr 8, 2024
On Feb. 26, the Circuit Court of Jackson County took just about everyone drawing a county paycheck to the village pond for a well-deserved, Puritan-style, public dunking. Applauding pond-side, sad to say, were the people who deserved a good dunk…
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Apr 8, 2024
It still feels odd to reference this year’s Super Bowl as “another” championship for the Kansas City Chiefs, given that the city went, oh, 50 years between title-game appearances heading into 2020. Anybody who became a Chiefs’ fan after the…
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