A release announcing the deal expressed the buyer's interest in taking the Bar K concept nationwide and into Canada. This included moving the headquarters from Kansas City to Arizona.

Raise Health Innovations co-founder Craig Mason says there are "120 million things you can say that hint at, ‘I’m not doing OK.'" His KC startup uses AI to detect those under-the-radar phrases and connect people with mental health services before issues become too debilitating.

Four years ago, the Lenexa home services company had 432 employees and 11 locations. Now it has 43 locations and 1,372 employees. Over the next few years, the CEO thinks the company could rise to $500 million in annual revenue.

Ashley McClellan knows a thing or two about providing care after a career as a health care system executive. But now she's applying that knowledge and experience in a new arena: entrepreneurship.

A Lenexa-based retailer with a growing national presence is taking over a space previously occupied by a Sears-branded store.

Full Scale's success started attracting acquisition offers from private equity firms, but none were the right fit. So one of the co-founders pitched a different route.