Dillon Roher spent years honing his web analytics skills in Silicon Valley before returning home to Kansas City to work for his uncle at Lee’s Summit-based Apollo Insurance Group Inc. Apollo Insurance is one of the Kansas City area’s fastest-growing companies, with average revenue growth of 49.43% during the past three years. Founded in 2010, the company has grown to $7.37 million in 2020 revenue and about 80 agents with offices in Chicago, Overland Park and Lee’s Summit. But that’s far…

Dillon Roher spent years honing his web analytics skills in Silicon Valley before returning home to Kansas City to work for his uncle at Lee’s Summit-based Apollo Insurance Group Inc. Apollo Insurance is one of the Kansas City area’s fastest-growing companies, with average revenue growth of 49.43% during the past three years. Founded in 2010, the company has grown to $7.37 million in 2020 revenue and about 80 agents with offices in Chicago, Overland Park and Lee’s Summit. But that’s far…

Lenexa-based ECS Inc. already was growing thanks to new relationships with major global distributors, but the pandemic boosted demand for electronics and shifted the company's growth into overdrive.

Tension Packaging & Automation increased its capabilities and doubled its size with the acquisition of Colorado Automation & Design.

Firebird Artisan Mills, a portfolio company of Leawood-based Agspring, will be sold to Ardent Mills in Denver. The companies expect the deal to close this year.

Two Kansas City-area business consultants teamed up to create a free online assessment tool for small businesses designed to identify cost savings. The tool is called the BOS Financial Assessment, and it was put together by Shane Glavin, president of Power CFO in Kansas City, and Arthur Riley, chief visionary officer for Endgame Consulting Solutions in Lenexa. BOS stands for Blue Ocean Solutions. It comes from a saying that for a business to grow, it has to get out into the blue ocean — away…