Kansas
Giving and taking—there’s a difference. Having attended several networking events lately, I have heard the terms “lead” and “referral” bantered around. Which would you rather have? Referrals, of course. It’s the personal power of a sales lead. A recommendation, not…
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We don’t like to think of it as the rich getting richer: Rather, the successful are strutting their stuff. Five years into formal efforts to compile the KC region’s Top 100 Private Companies, we’ve learned quite a bit about our…
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Failure to set priorities—and ensure ways to review and update them—can do far more harm than you see on the bottom line. When Ingram’s invited me to write this article, I had to smile. Not only is this topic—the hidden…
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Missouri isn’t a tale of two cities with St. Louis and Kansas City, it’s a tale of two paths to prosperity. As we near the rollout for the Destination Missouri digital and publication project, I’ve been on the road lately.…
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It’s not just about your investments; it’s about the way every piece, from taxes to estate planning, comes together in the end. Effective wealth management is holistic. Holistic wealth management is comprehensive in scope, and all components are interdependent. Similar…
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Sure, we can spend more on early childhood programs. But to what end? If things go as planned, Kansas City voters will soon be asked to increase the Kansas City school district’s current levy of 21 percent, from $4.95 to…
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GBW Railcar Services, an Oregon based company that provides freight care repair and other services, announced today that it will open an office in Overland Park, tapping into the Kansas City region's growing logistics sector. A joint venture between Pittsburg-based Watco…
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Ferrellgas Partners announced this morning that it had reached an agreement to acquire a Texas-based provider of integrated crude oil midstream services for roughly $837.5 million. The Overland Park natural-gas company, in a news release, said the acquisition of Bridger Logistics would position Ferrellgas…
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They made it into 40 Under Forty this year based on what they’ve done with their careers and their efforts to support the region’s non-profit and civic sectors. This year’s class, the 17th installment, convened in the Sprint Plaza at…
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The Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate has formally announced the award of an $834 million contract for construction of the research labs at the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan. That's the final piece of the $1.25 billion project,…
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