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- Kortney Lee: How I Built The First Just-Walk-Out Grocery Store In KC |Ep.5| City Entrepreneur
On this episode City Entrepreneur, we meet Kortney Lee, founder of Community Groceries; the first Just-Walk-Out Grocery store in Kansas City. Kortney shares how he built the entire store from scratch. He talks about the challenges he faced bootstrapping the whole project. Kortney is on a mission to ensure that every community has easy access to healthy and affordable groceries.
Follow us on all social media @firedupstudios & @cityentrepreneur
For more info on Community Groceries, visit communitygroceries.com
54 min - Chef. Shanita MacAfee-Bryant: Teaching Entrepreneurship Through Culinary |Ep.4| City EntrepreneurOn this episode of City Entrepreneur, we’ll meet Chef. Shanita MacAfee-Byrant, founder of The Prospect KC; a social enterprise supporting communities suffering from food apartheid with improved food access, nutrition education, culinary job training, and entrepreneurship. Chef. Shanita shares her experience with the lack of healthy food in the inner city and how inadequate public transportation fuels the problem. She goes on to share her reality as an entrepreneur.
Follow us on all social media @firedupstudios & @cityentrepreneur
For more info on The Prospect KC, visit www.theprospectkc.org
34 min - Jerren Thornhill: Creating An Entrepreneurship Hub For Inner-City Kids |Ep.3| City EntrepreneurOn this episode of City Entrepreneur, we’ll meet Jerren Thornhill, founder of One Pair; a shoe and clothing store owned and operated by the kids of Kansas City. Jerren shares his story of growing up in the inner-city and finding entrepreneurial ways of generating income to feed himself. Looking back, he realized he had no one to mentor him on becoming a better entrepreneur. He saw a gap in his community so he created One Pair as an entrepreneurship hub for black kids to learn to be entrepreneurs and have nice shoes while doing it.
For more info, visit onepairkc.com or their physical location at 551 Troost Ave, Kansas City, MO 64110.
All social media @onpairkc
Follow us on all social media @firedupstudios or @cityentrepreneur
40 min - Na'im Al-Amin: How I Became An Entrepreneur After Being Incarcerated At 18|Ep.2| City EntrepreneurOn this episode of City Entrepreneur, we’ll meet Na'im Al-Amin. Na'im grew up in foster care where he suffered abuse. He has been imprisoned twice. He says one of his first experiences with the prison system was when he was racially profiled and arrested at the age of 8 years old. Regardless of his past, Al-Amin says he was inspired by Nipsy Hustle to write a business plan and start his own company, SWAGG INC, a non-profit that helps returning citizens navigate life after prison.
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For more info on SWAGG INC, visit swagginc.org
43 min - Is Kansas City Ready For all The Major Developments Coming it's Way? Jermaine Reed - Ep 107
Is Kansas City ready for all the major developments coming it's way? Jermaine Reed - Ep 107 On this episode of FiredUp KC, I sat with Jermaine Reed, MCC Trustee & Managing Partner at KGR Consultants, to chat about how Kansas City is getting ready for developments like the airport renovations, NFL draft in 2023, Fifa 2026 and lots more.
25 min - Ecosystems & Venture Capitalists Need Founders to Succeed | Jannae Gammage - Ep#106
Creating a marketplace for founders in Kansas City.
34 min - 6 min
- Networking Like a Rockstar| Melissa Windon & Nick Giuliani - Ep#104
Reach out to https://www.drivingpursuitskc.org/ for more info You can contact Nick Giuliani on LinkedIn
33 min - Understanding Your Body & Making it Work For You| Dr. Michelle Robin - Ep#103
Full Episode on Spotify, Apple podcast and other podcast platforms @firedupkc
20 min - A Safe Space For Black Men To Reconnect | Christina Williams & Tamela Ross - Ep#102
Blakk CO is the first social club for men of color in Kansas City.
29 min
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City Entrepreneur Foundation is a 501(c)(3) that shares the real stories of ecosystem growth;told by the founders, funders, and leaders driving meaningful change in underdog cities.We amplify what’s…
working, what’s next, and who’s making it happen.