It's Your Business

In this co-hosted episode, reporter India Yarborough and Katrin Bridges, of the Greater Topeka Partnership, sit down with Angie Anderson, co-owner of Cashmere Popcorn. She shares the story behind her family's business, explains why she didn't have entrepreneurship in mind when they got started, and talks about their future growth, which includes expanding to a new production facility.

This week on the show, Capital-Journal reporter India Yarborough is joined by Meredith Snepp, business and careers librarian for the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library. Snepp shares what exactly a business and careers librarian does, points listeners to a variety of resources offered by the library, and challenges the idea that such institutions are a thing of the past.

This week on the show, Capital-Journal reporter India Yarborough and the Greater Topeka Partnership's Katrin Bridges sit down with Caitlyn Halsey, owner of Dialogue Coffee House in Topeka. Halsey shares what first got her interested in entrepreneurship and why she decided to start a business that puts people with disabilities first.

On this week's show, Capital-Journal reporter India Yarborough sits down with Kristin Stock, of Valeo Behavioral Health Care, and Mark DeGroff, with the Topeka Rescue Mission, to talk about a mobile shower trailer in Topeka that is helping the city's unhoused population. The shower trailer, which also offers laundry services, is the result of local partnerships and has broader implications for employment, as it helps the unhoused get back on their feet.

In this co-hosted episode of "It's Your Business," India Yarborough, of The Capital-Journal, and Katrin Bridges, of The Greater Topeka Partnership, sit down with Manny Herron, CEO of Infinite Properties Group in Topeka. Herron, who is involved in multiple local business ventures in the real-estate realm, shares lessons from his entrepreneurship journey and explains how he got to where he is today.

This week on the show, Capital-Journal reporter India Yarborough sits down with Alison Beebe, manager of the "Topcityflavorista Local Eats & Events!" Facebook group. Though she is a full-time psychiatric nurse, Beebe has spent many hours promoting small businesses in the Topeka area — and now she has a side business of her own. Hear about her journey to entrepreneurship and more on the latest episode of "It's Your Business."

In this co-hosted episode of "It's Your Business," India Yarborough, of The Capital-Journal, and Katrin Bridges, of The Greater Topeka Partnership, talk with John Brown, founder of the startup StenCo. Brown tells of his entrepreneurship journey — which began in his basement — and shares what he has learned from the seven different Plug and Play accelerator programs he has participated in, the latest being Topeka's.

Topeka Capital-Journal reporter India Yarborough talks with Sheila Ellis-Glasper, founder and CEO of Manhattan-based SEG Media Collective. As an expert in social-media management and entrepreneurship, Ellis-Glasper talks about the power of connecting with customers through social media and why it's an important tool for small-business owners to keep in their toolkits.

This week on the show, co-hosts India Yarborough, of The Capital-Journal, and Katrin Bridges, of the Greater Topeka Partnership, sit down with Bryan Falk, founder and CEO of Falk Architects. Falk talks about his journey to becoming a small-business owner, discusses obstacles he faced along the way and offers some advice to people who may be considering branching out on their own.

In this episode, Capital-Journal reporter India Yarborough sits down with Lazone Grays, CEO of local nonprofit IBSA Inc., and Scott Gowan, chief information officer for Topeka Public Schools, to discuss digital equity — what it is, what it means and what it might take to achieve it.