In August 2014, I had the pleasure of presenting at 1 Millions Cups Kansas City at the Kauffman Foundation. A few weeks before presenting, I received a very unexpected but welcomed call from the Kauffman Foundation stating that Elevate had been chosen as one of the companies representing Entrepreneurship in Kansas City to be featured in a photo essay publication called "Kauffman in Kansas City." As you can imagine, I was thrilled. I felt completely inadequate as my company was slow growing and had it's struggles and I was in the process of restructuring my business model to try to reposition the business in the market. However, I quickly realized that every Entrepreneur struggles...that's our job. That is part of the process and it is the struggles that makes us better business owners and positions us to tell a better story. I believe it is a form of "initiation" as no entrepreneur would have a good story without the struggles, so I graciously accepted and was so very grateful for the opportunity.
So, it started with an introduction to the amazing and funny Don Delphia of Kansas City. He was a photographer hired by Kauffman to follow me around for a few weeks to capture my story through a series of photos. It was a super enjoyable experience. We present alongside a wonderful company, Second Life Studios; their story was also told in this publication. So, let me share our story with you through the series of photo essays. I hope you enjoy them.
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