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Episode 117: Erik Wullschleger & Chad McCann, WeWork Jul 11, 2018

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WeWork Carrigan Station in Kansas City is a coworking office space with multiple floors in an old garment building. It features nonprofits, startups, and many other companies.
www.wework.com

118: Joel Zeff, Keynote Speaker Jul 09, 2018

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He started as newspaper reporter and then went into advertising and marketing. Was performing stand-up comedy on weekends . Combined the two. Focus on increasing passion, bringing stress down
All about choice and attitude. Staying in the game. As long as you stay in the game, you will find a way to be successful.
About goals, obstacles, staying in the game and not quitting on your goals. Try new things, work hard, do more to stay in the game.
Joelzeff.com

Episode 116: Bob Page, University of Kansas Health System CEO Jun 13, 2018

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There are so many similarities between the sports world and the medical field, especially baseball. Both industries rely heavily on a team. Both involve superstars (doctors, home run hitters, etc) and incredible behind the scenes role players. University of Kansas Health System CEO Bob Page helped his organization transform into a champion in the same way the Kansas City Royals emerged from last place to first place.

Episode 115: Luke Wade, KC Crew May 31, 2018

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Luke Wade wanted to find a place for his friends to play sports in downtown Kansas City. What started as a fun hobby turned into a successful and growing business with multiple activities throughout the area.

Episode 114: Trevor Flannigan & Scott Hansen, Professional Chats May 15, 2018

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Professional Chats started with need in family orthodontic practice managing online chat and couldn’t find vendor to do excellent job interacting with patients. Launched a service for orthodontics. Began with lead generation in mind but having quality people that could answer questions became important for generating revenue and brand recognition. 150 clients after first year. Started with 1 employee, at 70 now and hope to be at 150-200

Episode 113: Reinhard Mabry, Alphapointe CEO May 01, 2018

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Alphapointe is a not for profit founded in 1911 with mission to provide employment and rehabilitation for people who are blind. Goal of helping people who are blind find sustainable jobs for themselves and their family. Serve close to 2,000 people a year. Also have sewing operation providing uniforms for the military, tourniquets, office products, writing instruments and injection molding for prediction bottles for the VA and Express Scripts.

Episode 112: Tyler Nottberg, U.S. Engineering Apr 16, 2018

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US Engineering is a mechanical contractor.Started as metal working shop in the 1850s in Germany and moved to the US in the late 1800s when they moved to KC. Tyler studied languages, classics, political science in Vermont. Father passed away in 1997 and the company passed out of the family for the first time. Tyler decided to come home to KC in 2005 and started working for US Engineering and started learning about the company and construction. Eventually became project manager, learned the business.

Episode 111: Erica Brune, Lever One CEO Apr 02, 2018

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Erica Brune is CEO of Lever One, a PEO providing payroll, employee benefits and employee relation issues for clients. Thought would be broadway star, worked in NYC acting & at a law firm. Grew career organically. Aggressive traits she has now in the business world are the same she had deep inside her when looking for acting jobs first think in the morning. Message to young professionals and teens: Don’t be afraid of hard work. Working hard is ok. It is the key to success. Can reach Erica at www.lever1.com

Episode 110: Cliff Pemble, Garmin CEO Mar 16, 2018

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Cliff grew up Montana. First job was with King Radio in Olathe as a software engineers. Met eventual founders of Garmin at King Radio, Gary Burrell and Min Kao. Garmin does everything from dogs to airplanes. Five different business segments. Have product lines in each. Over 12,000 employees in 32 countries. Being employee number six, still try to think of it as a small culture.

Episode 109: Laura Steward, Video Fizz Founder Mar 02, 2018

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Video Fizz is a platform stitching pictures and videos together with an evolving customer base. Laura has a background running large teams, most recently running a genomic sequencing business for GE in Houston and managing their oncology clinical trials business in California. Just received $250,000 award from Missouri Technology Corporation. Goal in five years to have platform serving multiple verticals. If not acquired, hope to be a large company serving many verticals.
www.videofizz.com

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