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Ghost kitchens are food businesses that don’t necessarily have permanent locations — they can include companies that use rented commercial kitchens or operate in established restaurants.

In 2019, Robyn Wagner made the shift from helping companies with their e-commerce sales to selling her own product through her own company, Insta-Meal, based in Kansas City.

Jessica and Chris Ollis, as well as other kombucha companies in Missouri, have tapped into a fast-growing market in the state and around the world.

Spencer Fane launched its Startup Lab to give startups a hand by offering free legal counsel and access to a deep well of mentors.

Many businesses throughout Missouri finding inventive ways to respond to the COVID-19 crisis.

As dinner approaches each day, many Americans don’t know the answer to the question of what will be on their table that evening. Jeff Glasco, co-founder of Happy Food Co., a meal-kit company based in Overland Park, Kansas, saw an opportunity in that question. “The statistic is that by 4 p.m. each day, 80 percent of people in America don’t ...

L ike many entrepreneurs, Natasha Kirsch started her business in response to a problem. Kirsch is the founder and executive director of the Kansas City-based nonprofit group Empowering the Parent to Empower the Child, also known as EPEC. The organization operates The Grooming Project, a pilot program with a mission of helping parents break the cycle of poverty for their ...

Part of a series about Missouri entrepreneurs, their products and their retrospective advice for others who dream of launching their own startups. Fashion is in Lia Glynias’ blood. The St. Louis native is the great-granddaughter of Greek immigrants who settled in the city and opened a dry-cleaning business. Their daughter — Glynias’ grandmother and namesake, Olympia — became a seamstress, ...