Making Kansas City America’s most Entrepreneurial City: Buy Locally

Imagine what our start-up survival rate for new businesses would be if everyone committed to doubling the number of purchases they made from local small businesses. The success of the recent cash mob event (see IThinkBigger) proves two things:   the power of social media in driving customers to doors and the desire to buy [...]

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Stuff – WEN Fundraiser Recap

Contributed by: Connie Newton-Woodson Whose faces would be next to the word “Angel” in the Webster dictionary?  Meet …Sloan and Casey Simmons, co-owners of Stuff Store, 316 w 63rd Street, Kansas City, MO 64113.  Sloan and Casey revel in setting up others to succeed, especially women (entrepreneurs).  Successful female entrepreneurs in their own right—- Sloan [...]

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Abundant Help for KC Women

I know what it is like to live with limited resources. I am from Africa where food, water and especially help to promote women are completely lacking. I came as part of the Community Solutions Fellowship in August 2011. The program allows me to come to the United States for four months, and then I [...]

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What do African Women Entrepreneurs and American Female Architects have in common?

Two recent experiences with senior women leaders and entrepreneurs have left a lasting impression on me. Last week I had the opportunity to present at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) bi-annual Women Leadership Summit, whose attendees are women principals and senior women in the field of architecture. Tuesday, it was my pleasure to address [...]

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Tired of negativity? Then change it!

By Luann Feehan Am I the only one frustrated with all the negativity surrounding us? It starts innocently enough at networking events. Popular ice-breaking topics include crummy weather, horrible traffic and the home team’s losses. But the truth is, when you start with the negative, it tends to spiral downward . . . and what [...]

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Staying Energized When You’re Stuck Inside

from NCES Catalog’s Blog NCES is a woman-owned business Okay, as the summer heat really settles in, it gets harder and harder to get outside. Not to mention, there are many safety concerns for both you and your children when it is too hot. The last thing you want is for the kids to get [...]

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Keys to Success – More than Hard Work

By Rania Anderson A common and classic mistake made by women all over the world is to believe that their hard work will speak for itself. And that they will be recognized for their efforts with more opportunities and money. One more time, ladies, that is just not the case — at a high level, [...]

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Soil Therapy

By Luann Feehan I find it therapeutic to get out into my yard, getting dirt under my fingernails as I uncover emerging tulips and hyacinths, pull the small weeds that dared invade their space, and haul mulch around to freshen up the landscaping. Occasionally I stumble across a large weed that imbedded itself and matured [...]

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We Need a Market Correction

by Rania Anderson We are NOT advancing the role and position of women in our economy: not fast enough, not significantly enough, not like our country needs. Historically, we have seen forward motion, but in the past 50 years, the pace has been decidedly snail-like, with only incremental change. I participated in the Wall Street [...]

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10 reasons NOT to do strategic planning–Pt 2

by Margaret Reynolds #6 We are just trying to survive. Survival is often not possible without a vision of what you trying to achieve. It is often no more than a placeholder for a slow slide to oblivion. If you are a business on the brink, you have no choice but to think differently and [...]

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