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Icorium earns $1.2M SBIR grant; CEO Kalin Baca honored as 2025 Enterprising Innovator

December 10, 2025

A just-announced infusion of federal grant dollars is expected to help a Lawrence startup scale its breakthrough technology from pilot validation to a full commercial process — boosting efforts to dramatically reduce the climate impact of refrigerants used in air conditioners, heat pumps and refrigeration systems. Icorium Engineering Company on Wednesday released details of a

Off to a goo start: Step into the primetime slime experience now oozing into Union Station

December 10, 2025
New Maker of the Year: Why this mom’s side hustle for the girly girls couldn’t stay at home

December 9, 2025
Ready to bet big? Kansas wants to help entrepreneurs win more federal innovation grants

December 9, 2025
Don’t be a stranger: When this Crossroads refuge closes, another chapter begins for Afterword (and the space it leaves behind)

December 8, 2025
Exporting KC to the world: Esports leader revs come-from-behind global takeover amid World Cup’s big draw

December 5, 2025

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Entrepreneur of the Year honorees stepped through a wormhole of fate: Here’s what they found in KC

December 5, 2025

The ultra successful all share one common influence, said Peter Mallouk: luck. And for the president and CEO of Creative Planning, good fortune has revolved around Kansas City. It all started when his parents left Egypt and ended up in Brookside, he told a crowd Wednesday evening during the 39th University of Missouri-Kansas City Entrepreneur

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Icorium earns $1.2M SBIR grant; CEO Kalin Baca honored as 2025 Enterprising Innovator

Off to a goo start: Step into the primetime slime experience now oozing into Union Station

New Maker of the Year: Why this mom’s side hustle for the girly girls couldn’t stay at home

Ready to bet big? Kansas wants to help entrepreneurs win more federal innovation grants

Don’t be a stranger: When this Crossroads refuge closes, another chapter begins for Afterword (and the space it leaves behind)

Exporting KC to the world: Esports leader revs come-from-behind global takeover amid World Cup’s big draw

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