Who are the leaders that are moving American business forward? It’s Business Drive Time®, and we are looking for some of the greatest business drivers regionally and nationally to feature in our 2021 Technology Leadership and Innovation Tour. Who are the innovators? Who are the leaders? What (and where) are the opportunities? Which companies, technologies, […]
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Alpha Board Fresh Octane® Tour
Who are the leaders that are moving American business forward? It’s Business Drive Time®, and we are looking for some of the greatest business drivers regionally and nationally to feature in our 2021 Alpha® Board Fresh Octane Tour. Who are the innovators? Who are the leaders? What (and where) are the opportunities? Which companies, technologies, […]

It’s Business Drive Time® in Kansas City
Kansas City is jumping. Businesses are doing well. Companies are expanding. New organizations are finding their beginnings in the city. Employers hiring. They are looking for great people, and they are finding them in Kansas City! And Kansas City is developing a prominent spot on the national map. The city is racing on all cylinders. […]

Business Drive Time® Kansas City Freedom Bank and Kurt Knutson
We recently began a series of interviews with Kurt Knutson, founder, chairman and CEO of Freedom Bank of Overland Park, Kansas, the largest suburb in the Kansas City metro area. Today’s topic is a discussion about “Why Kansas City.” Why are business leaders and leading businesses in Kansas City so driven? What is it about […]

Portraits of Leadership Series – Kurt Knutson
Kurt Knutson – Freedom Bank, Overland Park, Kan. Founder, Chairman and CEO It’s Business Drive Time® in America, and we’re on a national business leadership tour. We are speaking with some of the finest leaders across America’s top growth industries. We are fielding a national market study, developing news stories and creating a video series […]

“Kansas City on the Move®” – Sheila Ost
Sheila Ost – Advanced Insurance Planning Consultant Target Insurance Services Sheila Ost of Target Insurance Services is Kansas City “business connected.” She has collaborated with privately-held Kansas City companies and their owners for more than two decades and has cultivated a network that is nearly unmatched among area business professionals. Our discussion with Sheila provided […]
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Portraits of Leadership Series Dr. Chad Welter – Founder of Laser Advanced Founder of Active Family Chiropractic
Dr. Chad Welter is the “Active Family Doctor.™” He is also an active entrepreneur. Chad owns a sports medicine practice in Overland Park, Kan., a Kansas City suburb. www.DrChadWelter.com Through his practice, Active Family Chiropractic, Dr. Welter provides advanced laser therapy services to athletes and other patients of all ages that are trying to recover […]

J.D. Higgason – Reece Nichols Real Estate Koehler Bortnick Group
J.D. Higgason of Koehler Bortnick Realty is a premier home real estate professional in the Kansas City area. He has served as an advisor to Alpha Board on the growth elements of the Kansas City metro area. J.D. is an expert on the dynamics of local real estate market. J.D.’s Kansas City area home real […]

Building Great Brands in a Digital World
It’s Business Drive Time® in this new age, ever changing digital world. So, who in the marketplace is doing the finest job in the business race? Who are the winners? What industries, what companies, what products, which people are leading the pack? We are speaking with leaders across the country and throughout the most innovative […]
Innovation

The Mojo Moment
4:53 a.m. August 18, 2009 Have You Ever Been Struck By Lightning? Have you ever experienced that “Mojo Moment” in your business? Can you name the time and place? Can you name the result, how it was handled, and whether you actually achieved anything based on that instant? Most people describe this as the “aha,” […]