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Title
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Starch & Weasels
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Description
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Article profiles entrepenuer Gordon T. Beaham III, president of the Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company. The business got its start in the 1880s when Beaham's great-grandfather bought into Smith & Moffitt, a coffee and tea company, and later purchased the formula for Faultless Starch. Beaham later expanded the company's product line to include innovative household products--including the popular Garden Weasel tool.
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Date
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2009-04
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Business With the Big Guys
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Description
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Article profiles several minority business owners who have grown their companies by partnering with large national corporations such as McDonald's and Wal-Mart. Some of the businesses featured include Best Harvest Bakeries, ECCO Select, Li'L Guy Foods, and Custom Engineering. The article also includes a discussion about 'Women and Minority Business Issues" with three local businesswomen: Nancy Zurbuchen, director of the Kansas City Council of Business Owners; Lonnie C. Scott, president and CEO of MidAmerica Minority Business Development Council; and Sherrie Turner, executive director of Kansas Women's Business Center.
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Date
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2007-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
