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Alpha Board 2025-2026 Fresh Octane® Tour

3:39 pm By Dave Anderson

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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 the Alpha® Board Fresh Octane Tour. 

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The Building of a City – Business Drive Time® in KC

4:11 pm By Dave Anderson

It’s Business Drive Time in Kansas City. What does that mean?  Kansas City is growing!  Embrace it!

About 100,000 companies, including ours, are sitting at the national epicenter of business opportunity.  We’re all running the business race each week, and as committed leaders, a large number of Kansas City’s businesses are consistent, profitable winners.  We’re all living and working in a fine, centrally located Midwestern city that is poised for great things, now and in the future.

IMG_0115 FWHow do we define Kansas City’s drive?  It’s difficult to articulate, but easy to feel.  Joyce Hall, Hallmark Cards founder, and Norman Rockwell found it easier to depict visually. Kansas City culture has an unstoppable determination that is wrapped in the warm approachability typically found in a town less than one tenth its size.

Kansas City is among the most welcoming, inviting, yet results-driven cities in the nation.  KC is the perfect blend of a globally-recognized, cultural metro with a happy hometown feel.

Kansas City embodies a welcoming atmosphere for starting, leading and growing a successful business, and is consistently recognized nationally as a great place to live, work and raise a family. bit.ly/3vmtKzI

Like great local barbeque and Boulevard beer, Kansas City goes down smooth and spicy wherever you are from.  The city of Kansas City and all it represents puts smiles on the faces of visitors from Boston to Bangkok, from Toledo and Tupelo to Toronto and Tokyo.

This is not only a local story.  We’re on a national tour of “Business Builder” cities.  Kansas City is among the first three cities IMG_0695 FWon our list. We’re targeting a baker’s dozen of the best up and coming U.S. business metros for profitable growth opportunities over the next decade.  Livability, an educated population, traditions, culture, a critical mass of job opportunities and a place people want to live, work and start companies are all considerations for the cities we choose.

We are featuring leaders, companies, industries, products and lifestyles in each of the cities.  In addition, we are offering opportunities to connect business leaders across the country with each other.  Growth is about getting your name out.

The Fresh Octane® Tour also involves networking and spending time with peers and other business leader from a variety of industries and professions.  We’ll be featuring companies, hosting events and leadership round-tables, holding company open houses, conducting new product reviews and putting Kansas City in a national newsreel about growing cities. There are many ways to participate and they are all about showcasing great leaders and providing new market opportunities.

013 blue three FWKansas City is the headquarters for our company and will serve as home base for our national Alpha Board Fresh Octane Tour.  www.freshoctanetour.com

We’ll be speaking about the hidden and not so hidden drive behind the city and its people.  We want to learn more about KC’s determined quest for progress, success, growth, great lives, opportunity and at least at times, national attention.

For you, your company, your local customers, and for Fresh Octane cities and companies across the nation, it’s “Business Drive Time®.”   It’s time to grab the stage, the spotlight and the microphone.  It’s time to tell your story and share it with other leaders around the town, around the Midwest and around the country to let them know that Kansas City is “On the Move.”

We’re looking for committed leaders to feature. For more information about the Alpha Board Fresh Octane Tour, I can be Printreached by phone at 913 685-4850, or via email at dave@alphaboard.com.
You can also follow tour progress at www.alphaboard.com and on Twitter at @Alpha_Board.

© Copyright 2014-2025 by Alpha Board.  All rights reserved. Alpha Scouts®, Alpha, NeuVision®, Fresh Octane® and Business Drive Time® are all registered trademarks of Dave E. Anderson.  All other brands are trademarks of their respective companies.

Alpha Board Fresh Octane® Tour Portraits of Leadership

9:56 pm By Dave Anderson

It’s time. It’s Business Drive Time® in Kansas City. The region has been experiencing a growing reputation for many years. Lately, we’ve become an ever-expanding national story, and for great reasons.  Kansas City has much to be proud of. 

We are working with a group of local leaders and innovators on a business growth tour of the Kansas City region. One tour objective is for executives to share views on why Kansas City is doing so well as a growing city. We also want to discuss the opportunities for future growth, and understand the who and what are the key drivers of progress.  As a part of the tour, we are featuring prominent industries, local companies and example leaders who are engaged in growth and progress in the Kansas City area.

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Alpha Board Fresh Octane® Tour Tech in the City

8:13 pm By Dave Anderson

Business Drive Time

It’s time.  It’s Business Drive Time® in Kansas City.

We are working with a group of local leaders and innovators on a technology tour of Kansas City and beyond.

It’s no secret that tech is not just for California anymore.

Technology is a major driver of productivity in every city and nearly every company. Without it, we’d slide backwards.

What is the outlook for tech growth in Kansas City and its peer cities? How do up and coming tech cities compare, and what are the strengths and challenges with tech innovation.

We’re reaching out to respected influencers who have a pulse on tech innovation, not only in the Kansas City area but across a number of key non-coastal U.S. cities.

We are particularly interested tech innovations and innovators that are flourishing outside the traditional coastal development hubs.

Tech in the City

We are looking for a select group of local tech executives and standout companies to feature in the initial the tour discussions.

If you are a leader in technology, we’d like to speak with you about your role and predictions for what is NEXT in Tech.

For more information on the www.alphaboardtour.com, reach out to Dave Anderson at 913 685-4850 or via cell/text at 612-810-4000.

Growing up KC™

1:21 am By Dave Anderson

We are a key player in a national business leadership tour, industry market study and executive leadership exchange.  The program is a showcase platform to highlight the best business drivers across a number of major metros throughout the United States.

We are meeting with high-growth companies and innovative business leaders within vibrant American cities. We are visiting cities that are poised for significant new growth over the next five years. The tour includes a number of metro markets that are benefiting as people and companies depart the coasts and seek more livable cities. Kansas City is first on our list.

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We have some special plans for Kansas City area leaders. The region has been our home for many years. We want to take this opportunity to showcase the city and learn from Kansas City area leaders. The “Growing up KC” program is a special series to better understand and describe what is driving growth and progress in the region. The story will be told by the leaders who are helping to drive the city forward.

In addition to learning about the region, there are unique opportunities for visibility. The Growing Up KC tour will promote area leaders, companies, lifestyles and growth opportunities on a local, regional and national scale.

roundtableSo, what does that mean for you and/or your company? Quite simply, “leaders wanted.” We are putting together a list of some of the standout leaders who represent not only the legacy of the region, but the future. We are seeking business owners, CEOs, senior executives, business advisors, and also “Kansas City lifestyle” experts to helps us tell the story of Kansas City to the world.

It’s an opportunity for leaders to interact with each other, meet other leaders in other cities, highlight their businesses, and gain further visibility and recognition for you and your organization’s efforts in Kansas City region and beyond. We cannot promise the cover of Rolling Stone magazine but our past efforts have been well received. Previous efforts have been recognized by BusinessWeek, Forbes, CNBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, MSNBC, EuroInvestor, and dozens more.

If you are a stand-out leader with major ties to the region and business community, we’d love to have you join us.

For more information on Alpha® Board, and/or to include your company in our tour, you can call me at 913 685-4850 or 612 810-4000, or reach me via email at dave@neuvision.com.

Alpha Board and NeuVision Group are founding hosts of the 2025-2026 Alpha Board Tour.  In addition, we’ll be including sponsors and co-hosts throughout America’s Heartland.

Alpha Board Fresh Octane® Tour

5:51 pm By Dave Anderson

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, products, people will be propelling growth over the next few years?

The National Alpha Board Tour includes a market study, leader profile interviews, business news coverage and series of leadership exchanges among standout business leaders across the country and throughout the most promising industries.
We have already begun to engage business leaders and leading businesses in multiple cities. We’re working with those that will be most responsible for the leadership, innovation, products, companies and programs that will be driving business forward. If that includes you, we’d love for your organization to participate.

Discussion topics:

  • What regions of the country and more importantly what are the key trends, issue and activities within those geographies that will help companies succeed moving forward?
  • What industries show the most promise for growth in jobs, revenue and profits over the next few years?
  • What companies are driving those industries?
  • Who are the people, products and services that are most responsible for new business growth?Alpha Board
  • What key market trends and technology platforms are most responsible?
  • How can we help the best business drivers gain more recognition, visibility and market connections?
  • Which leaders should be involved in the tour, and what companies, in your opinion, are the most deserving of recognition?

 

To learn more about the Alpha Board Tour and to share with us who you believe are the best business drivers, give us a call. You may call Dave Anderson at 612 810-4000 or by email at dave@neuvision.com.

Sign up for an Alpha Board’s Business Leadership Lunch: Kyle Bauer, Market Facing Leadership™

11:00 am By Dave Anderson

Alpha® Board’s Business Leadership Lunch, Kyle Bauer on Market Facing Leadership™:

Join us for an Alpha Board leadership luncheon with Midwest leader and CEO Kyle Bauer; March 27, 2014:

Lunch is 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., cost $75.00, payable via paypal through the form below.

Please click on the paypal button after completing the reservation form to confirm and complete payment.

Location: Danny O’Neill’s Roasterie® Bean Hanger 1204 W. 27th St., KCMO, 64108

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Sign up for Alpha Board’s Fresh Octane® Business Leadership Exchange: Energy to Grow™

9:53 pm By Dave Anderson

Alpha® Board’s Business Leadership Exchange:

Share business’ growth stories with other leaders, and get some Fresh Octane® at:

Danny O’Neill’s Roasterie® Bean Hanger 1204 W. 27th St., KCMO, 64108

Join local area leaders from 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Dec, 5th (full) , 10th, OR 12th

(Coffee’s on at 8:00 a.m.)

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Alpha Board 2025-2026 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 the Alpha® Board Fresh Octane Tour. 

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