Regan Carrizales

April 30, 2015

Resources Regan Carrizales Regan is Co-Founder & CEO of Collective which is currently prototyping stylish accessories for you and your activity tracker. Most recently she highlighted and supported entrepreneurs, creatives, and investors as the CEO of Silicon Prairie News. Investors Like to Ask About a Startup’s Unfair Advantage. Have We Found One Here in the Midwest? or Is It Still in the Works? Every entrepreneurial hub has it’s advantages and disadvantages, so I wouldn’t say that we have an unfair leg up. What I do love about this community is that everyday feels like you are on the ground floor of something pretty amazing.…

Tara Light

March 31, 2015

Resources Tara Light Tara is the owner of Fable a thoughtfully curated boutique of form and function. The Fable aesthetic is born from emerging American designers with mindful manufacturing, smart design, and intriguing textures and patterns. What Does Fable Offer That You Won’t Find Elsewhere in Kc? For starters, Fable is the only women’s shop in KC that exclusively carries clothing and accessories that are produced in the USA. One of my goals with the shop is to bring small, emerging designers to my community. Many of these designers aren’t yet household names, but they’re creating garments with fashion-forward silhouettes as well as…

Mike Lundgren

March 31, 2015

Resources Mike Lundgren Mike is the Director of Innovation Strategy at Kansas City’s digital powerhouse VML. You may also know him as the founding curator of TEDxKC. Going on it’s 7th year, the annual event is consistently one of the largest independent TED gatherings in the world. Let’s Start With the Origin. How Did You Get Involved in Bringing Tedx to Kansas City? The TEDx program was announced in 2009 at the TED Conference — there were about a 100 of us that first year from all over the world that committed to bringing TED to their respective communities. We held our first…

Carolyn Anderson

March 30, 2015

Resources Carolyn Anderson Carolyn is the Social Media Manager at Visit KC. Along with her colleagues, they’re on a mission to ignite global passion for visiting Kansas City. What’s Your Primary Goal With Kansas City’s Social Strategy as It Relates to Tourism? My primary goal is to build awareness and excitement for KC as a destination (even if you are a local!). I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had conversations with locals who have only seen The Nelson-Atkins Museum from the outside or people who say “I haven’t been to [any given attraction] but have always wanted to go.”. These…

Brady Vest

March 30, 2015

Resources Brady Vest Brady started Hammerpress 20 years ago with a single press. Today the nationally-recognized letterpress shop includes hand-crafted retail space and a studio of designers and press operators. What Benefits Come From the Constraints Found in Letterpress? There is a lot to be said from working with limitations. Whether you are working with handset type, which we do, or even digital designs that are made into printing plates, which we also do, there are always going to be limitations to what the physical materials and the machines allow. We’re always floating in back and forth between working within those limitations and…

Ilya Tabakh

February 28, 2015

Resources Ilya Tabakh Ilya is a builder, innovator, researcher and student of human reaction. His current fascinations involve improving customer interactions with Somametric and computing football at Edge Up Sports. How Did You Get Started With Emotion-Based Product Testing? As all good stories start, I was making a movie with my friends. Bonus points if you can spot my cameo in the trailer. ► Green: The Motion Picture They were exploring different ways to change the hollywood model, even naming their short lived company Break Hollywood Pictures. I was able to participate in making a full length feature that was filmed in 4K, which was…

Mary Sloss

February 28, 2015

Resources Mary Sloss Mary is a co-founder of Athena League, a grassroots effort to foster and empower female entrepreneurs and professionals through panels and events. She is also the marketing communications manager at Triple-I, one of Kansas City’s premier technology consultancies. Would You Explain the Format and Rationale Behind the Athena Meet-Ups? We were founded on the premise that you can’t be what you can’t see. Athena League fosters and empowers early-stage and established female entrepreneurs by providing them with the community and support necessary to succeed. We work to elevate awareness of the innovative women who are building our Silicon Prairie via…

Tom Demetriou

January 31, 2015

Resources Tom Demetriou Tom is a writer, creative director, and storyteller applying his craft at the newly formed Rockbox. Along with partner Tim Kail they are grabbing people’s attention and not easily letting go. Their tool of choice: online video. What Led You to Writing and Advertising in the First Place? In 7th grade, I got chewed out on the sidelines of a football game. It was second down and nobody realized we only had 10 guys on offense. One of our offensive tackles was sitting on the bench with his head in the clouds. That was me. I was staring up at the…

Dan Padavic

January 30, 2015

Resources Dan Padavic Dan runs a full service silk screen and letterpress studio by the name of Vahalla Studios. As a designer and analog printer he is able to put his knowledge to work for his artist and designer clientele. Which Came First? Analog Printing to Produce Your Designs or Designing so You Had Something to Print. I got into design first, but they fueled each other for sure! Shortly after starting design classes I began exploring printmaking. I was never into the digital output that was standard for our design classes and printmaking made the design process much more fulfilling. Most Design Students…

John January

December 31, 2014

Resources John January John is an occasional podcaster and all-the-time creative leader. The work being produced during his tenure as Executive Creative Director at Sullivan Higdon and Sink is winning the attention of award shows, publications, and consumers near and far. The American Copywriter Podcast Had to Be a Lot of Fun but Also Beneficial in Many Ways. Can You Think of a Better Educational Tool Than Personal Side Projects? I consider side projects essential. But I think strictly curating them is key. As creative people, we can find ourselves in any number of mixes, and I think most of us are curious…

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