Grow to a Million: Count Me In

Throughout her career, Nell Merlino has been inspiring millions of people to take action. She is the creative force behind Take Our Daughters to Work Day, which moved more than 71 million Americans to participate in a day dedicated to giving girls the opportunity to dream bigger about their future.

Nell Merlino is Founder, President and CEO of Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence, the leading national not-for-profit provider of resources for women to grow their micro businesses into million $ enterprises.

 

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Unstoppable, Rock Solid Growth

It was announced recently that a Kansas City, Kansas based Hard Rock Hotel and Casino was selected as part of the approval of legalized gaming in Kansas. This new Hard Rock location will be part of the Kansas Speedway complex.

While not everyone agrees with the strategy or the tactic of theoretically “state owned” gaming, this area will only continue its burgeoning growth as a very popular Midwest tourist and visitor destination.

The focus is on the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. I truly believe that we “ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” I don’t think we can even fathom how great this will be for the Kansas region, for the Kansas City metro and for tourism. The market force of powerful brands is literally unstoppable.

Covering Your Investment

Kennon Products was started in 1984 in a small rented garage in Temple City, California by Paul Kennon Chaney and Ron Kensey. Their flagship product was the Kennon Sun Shield. It wasn’t long before it became a best seller. It still is. Pilots like how wedges fit inside the window molding and stay without fasteners or suction cups. Kennon has taken the lead in helping aircraft owners protect their investment, and responsible for introducing many innovative products to the aviation world.

 

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At Home in the Water

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime. But put that man in a pair of leaky waders and he’ll quit in five minutes.
Nobody knows this better than Simms Fishing Products, the lone manufacturer of waders in the United States, […]

 

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Drilling To Bridge the Gap

Clarke Turner, Director of the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center (RMOTC), says his organization fills a niche in the research and development cycle for small and large companies inside the energy industry .

“We deal with a broad spectrum of industries and then try to apply their technology in the oil and gas industry,” Turner said.

This not-for-profit organization is part of the U.S. Department of Energy. Their facility is located north of Casper, Wyoming in the Teapot Dome Oil Field. RMOTC is committed to staying on the leading edge of oil field technologies.

 

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The Party’s Over

I hate to say it, but for those of you getting “high” at work, the party’s over.
This was realized during the “2008 Business Drive Time Tour”. Drawing a line in the sand is Lorelee Byrd, CEO and founder of Midlands Testing Services. She sees herself as part of a solution by helping businesses to create […]

 

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Cream of the Crop

The Shatto Milk Company is a small, family owned dairy farm located just north of the Kansas City metro area. Known for “milk at its finest,” they recently released a brand new line of premium ice cream. The line has two flavors, vanilla and chocolate, but boasts itself as the only local super premium ice cream option from this area. What started out as a way for Leroy Shatto to keep his cows, now has led to a trophy room full of awards for product quality, small business accomplishments, tourism and even a picture of the President of the United States drinking his cow’s milk.

 

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