Peter Mallouk
Moving humanity forward isn’t always pleasant, Block founder says, urging innovators to keep crossing the line
What’s so cool about getting up every day to do something that you don’t know is going to work? Jim McKelvey asked a crowd gathered for the Rockhurst University Leadership Series about the realities of forging ahead as an entrepreneur.
Entrepreneur of the Year honorees stepped through a wormhole of fate: Here’s what they found in KC
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…
Trailblazer on Troost among honored innovators for UMKC’s Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
This year’s signature Bloch School celebration — set for Dec. 3 — heralds the efforts and successes of experts in grassroots community-building, financial planning, DNA science Earning the top social entrepreneurship award from UMKC is more than just the greatest recognition Father Justin Mathews has ever received, the faith leader-turned-community innovator said; it’s validation that…
Five high-profile KC startup, business leaders slated for Junior Achievement hall of fame
A program that connects Kansas City business leaders with classrooms is giving high honors to a handful of startup veterans whose efforts to build global companies has already impacted a new generation of entrepreneurs. Bruce Ianni and Davyeon Ross, co-founders of ShotTracker; Christine Kemper, founding chair of Kansas City Girls Preparatory Academy, and Sandy Kemper,…
