This week on Mind Your Business, NKY!, LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling and business reporter Kenton Hornbeck discuss the first time Homearama has been held in Northern Kentucky and the idea of luxury homes in an urban space like Newport. Then, Lacy sits down with Susan Huff, Senior Vice President of Huff Realty, to discuss real estate […]
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LISTEN: Leveraging the story of NKY and Cincinnati with Julie Kirkpatrick, meetNKY
This week on Mind Your Business, NKY!, LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling and business reporter Kenton Hornbeck discuss Kenton’s *beard* and his experience at Bonnaroo Music Festival, new developments in the bourbon industry via Wenzel Whiskey and plans to revive a corner of Madison Avenue. Then, Lacy sits down with Julie Kirkpatrick, President & CEO of […]
LISTEN: Challenging the stigma of community & technical college with Dr. Fernando Figueroa
This week on Mind Your Business, NKY!, LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling and business reporter Kenton Hornbeck discuss Kenton’s awful golf skills, spending money on vacation and ‘Hues of Innovation’, a traveling roadshow for black and brown entrepreneurs presented by an organization called “Network & Chill”. The event addressed how these entrepreneurs can get access to […]
LISTEN: Diversifying the ‘room’ in NKY with Ashleigh DuBois, NKY Chamber
This week on Mind Your Business, NKY!, LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling took a vacation so  COO Mark Collier is stepping in to chat with business reporter Kenton Hornbeck to talk about trade schools in NKY and the passion of area leaders for facilities highlighting alternative education, like the Campbell County Area Technology Center. Mark and Kenton also […]
LISTEN: Helping women create the strongest businesses they can with Jill Morenz, Aviatra Accelerators
This week on Mind Your Business, NKY!, LINK nky President and CEO Lacy Starling and Business Reporter Kenton Hornbeck discuss the OneNKY Center, a new building coming to Covington. They talk about where the building will be, what local organizations will call the space home and how much will be spent on the project. Read […]
LISTEN: Matching Student Passion with Business Ideas – Zac Strobl, NKU’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
This week on Mind Your Business NKY!, LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling and Business Reporter Kenton Hornbeck discuss their first jobs back in the day…and what has led to a national decrease in the ‘kids’ working today. Kenton and Lacy dive into our new print story examining the reasons why the teenage labor rate has decreased […]
LISTEN: Shaking up venture capital by valuing digital first with Brad Zapp, Connetic Ventures
This week on Mind Your Business, NKY!, LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling and Business Reporter Kenton Hornbeck discuss the Sims Furniture building in Covington and new plans for its development as a small business incubator office space. Learn more about what businesses are moving in, the history of the building dating back to 1929, and plans for the space moving […]
LISTEN: Raising Mental Health Awareness with Norm Desmarais, TiER 1 Performance
This week on the Mind Your Business, NKY! podcast, LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling and Business Reporter Kenton Hornbeck discuss a new development at the site of The Drawbridge Inn that features ‘luxury retirement living’, a drive-through coffee shop, a restaurant and more right off of I-75 in Fort Mitchell. Then, Lacy sits down with Norm Desmarais, Founding Partner […]
LISTEN: Identifying areas of maximum impact with Sean Parker, Main Street Ventures
This week on Mind Your Business, NKY!, LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling and Business Reporter Kenton Hornbeck discuss the new Margaritaville Resort at Newport on the Levee. Learn more about where the resort will be built, the origins of the term ‘Parrot Head’ and how the Newport skyline is changing overall. Also – Kenton doesn’t […]
LISTEN: Boosting women’s confidence with Catrena Bowman, NKCAC / Inspired Fashion
This week, LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling and Business Reporter Kenton Hornbeck talk about the Women-owned business crawl this past Sunday. Created by Aviatra Accelerators, this event highlighted 40 business owners and was an open invitation for people to come out, shop, sip and learn more about Covington’s businesses like Grainwell, Peachy and Vintage, Arden […]

