It's Your Business

Ep. 18 - Topeka entrepreneur shares the story behind her family's popcorn business and talks about their growth to come

In this co-hosted episode, reporter India Yarborough and Katrin Bridges, of the Greater Topeka Partnership, sit down with Angie Anderson, co-owner of Cashmere Popcorn [https://www.buycashmerepopcorn.com/Default.asp]. She shares the story behind her family's business, explains why she didn't have entrepreneurship in mind when they got started, and talks about their future growth, which includes expanding to a new production facility.

Ep. 17 - Think public libraries are antiquated resources in today's society? Think again.

This week on the show, Capital-Journal [https://www.cjonline.com] reporter India Yarborough is joined by Meredith Snepp, business and careers librarian for the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library [https://tscpl.org]. Snepp shares what exactly a business and careers librarian does, points listeners to a variety of resources offered by the library [https://www.cjonline.com/story/business/2021/06/27/topeka-shawnee-county-public-library-opens-new-business-and-legal-center/5310677001/], and challenges the idea that such institutions are a thing of the past.

Ep. 16 - How one Topeka entrepreneur found herself opening a non-traditional coffee shop

This week on the show, Capital-Journal [https://www.cjonline.com] reporter India Yarborough and the Greater Topeka Partnership [https://www.topekapartnership.com]'s Katrin Bridges sit down with Caitlyn Halsey, owner of Dialogue Coffee House [https://www.dialoguecoffeehouse.com] in Topeka. Halsey shares what first got her interested in entrepreneurship and why she decided to start a business that puts people with disabilities first.

Ep. 15 - How a mobile shower trailer is improving job prospects for homeless Topekans

On this week's show, Capital-Journal [https://www.cjonline.com] reporter India Yarborough sits down with Kristin Stock, of Valeo Behavioral Health Care [https://www.valeotopeka.org], and Mark DeGroff, with the Topeka Rescue Mission [https://www.trmonline.org], to talk about a mobile shower trailer in Topeka that is helping the city's unhoused population. The shower trailer, which also offers laundry services, is the result of local partnerships and has broader implications for employment, as it helps the unhoused get back on their feet.

Ep. 14 - Entrepreneur Manny Herron shares lessons from his business journey

In this co-hosted episode of "It's Your Business," India Yarborough, of The Capital-Journal [https://www.cjonline.com], and Katrin Bridges, of The Greater Topeka Partnership [https://www.topekapartnership.com], sit down with Manny Herron, CEO of Infinite Properties Group [https://www.infinitepropertiesgroup.com] in Topeka. Herron, who is involved in multiple local business ventures in the real-estate realm, shares lessons from his entrepreneurship journey and explains how he got to where he is today.