People & Places

Kansas City, Mo., has received high marks for its 2014 special obligation bonds from credit agencies Moody’s Investors Service and Standard and Poor’s Rating Services.

Every week I profile individuals active in the entrepreneurial community. This week I sat down with Rachel Hack Merlo. She is Google’s Community Manager for Kansas City, and was recently selected as one of Kansas City’s most influential women of 2014 by KC Business Magazine.

Each year, Startup Buses around the country head towards Austin for the South By Southwest Interactive Festival. Startup Bus is a competition where businesspeople, designers and coders — buspreneurs — create a startup, from idea to pitch, while on a three-day bus trip to the finals in San Antonio. Caitlin Cress, reporter for The Hale…

Each year, Startup Buses around the country head towards Austin for the South By Southwest Interactive Festival. Startup Bus is a competition where businesspeople, designers and coders — buspreneurs — create a startup, from idea to pitch, while on a three-day bus trip to the finals in San Antonio. Caitlin Cress, reporter for The Hale…

Each year, Startup Buses around the country head towards Austin for the South By Southwest Interactive Festival. Startup Bus is a competition where businesspeople, designers and coders — buspreneurs — create a startup, from idea to pitch, while on a three-day bus trip to the finals in San Antonio. Caitlin Cress, reporter for The Hale…

Callie England is the owner of Rawxies, a healthy food startup located in the east bottoms in Kansas City, Mo. She attended the Kansas City Art Institute before going full-time with her business.

Next week, Hale Center for Journalism reporter Caitlin Cress will be riding on the Startup Bus, an annual competition/road trip. She will be reporting, blogging, Instagramming and tweeting the whole way; follow that coverage, starting Sunday morning, here. A charter bus will leave the Kauffman Foundation parking lot early this Sunday morning. On it will…