Minority-owned businesses surge in Kansas City despite headwinds

By: Thomas White

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: June 8, 2026

Words: 1,934

Last Updated: 3 days, 19 hours ago

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Casie Murff has had the entrepreneurial bug for as long as he can remember.

He tried his hand in insurance, in real estate and with an online storefront. Murff worked jobs that paid the bills but didn’t find them fulfilling. So, after some planning, he returned full-time to one of the first side hustles from his youth — cutting hair.

“I was in IT and in corporate America for 20 years, but I’ve always been …

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