This week, LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling and Business Reporter Kenton Hornbeck talk about the entrepreneurial ecosystem of NKY and how organizations like Blue North and Main Street Ventures are helping entrepreneurs thrive. Kenton discusses the differences between Leap funding and Launch funding, the diverse business landscape of NKY, and new businesses like Cooler Keg…which […]
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LISTEN: Stretching Your Dollars and Giving Back with Nancy Grayson, Horizon Community Funds
This week on Mind Your Own Business, NKY!, Business Reporter Kenton Hornbeck and LINK CEO Lacy Starling chat about Hotel Covington’s newest hotel addition – North – and the new Knowledge Bourbon Bar. Lacy dives in to the history of Hotel Covington’s founder, Donna Salyers, her sewing TV show in the 1980s and how her […]
LISTEN: Embracing Riverfront Development with Will Weber, Southbank Partners
This week on Mind Your Own Business, NKY!, LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling and Business Reporter Kenton Hornbeck discuss new businesses coming to Newport on the Levee, Kenton’s dance skills, sports betting becoming legal in Kentucky…and, of course, Kenton’s tragic, brutal loss in our office NCAA Bracket. Then, Kenton chats with Will Weber, President and CEO […]
LISTEN: Helping people grow healthy businesses with Rachel DesRochers, Incubator Kitchen Collective
This week on Mind Your Business, NKY!, LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling and Business Reporter Kenton Hornbeck discuss tourism, booze and baseball. Kenton talks about MeetNKY’s annual meeting and how NKY has readjusted to normal after the pandemic. What are the statistics saying about area tourism related to bourbon, cultural events and distilleries? We’ll tell […]
LISTEN: Supporting the entrepreneurial mindset with Blue North’s Dave Knox
This week on the Mind Your Business, NKY! podcast, LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling and Business Reporter Kenton Hornbeck discuss where sports betting is in the state of Kentucky, what’s next for the bill and an upcoming article with Government & Politics Reporter Mark Payne about the possible turning point for sports betting. The article […]
LISTEN: Creating relationships with local communities with Jeanne Schroer of The Catalytic Fund of NKY
This week on our new podcast, Mind Your Business, NKY!, LINK nky COO Mark Collier steps in for Lacy Starling and talks new businesses with LINK nky’s Business Reporter Kenton Hornbeck. Learn more about which popular restaurant is opening a second location in Fort Thomas and our own local business bracket for March Madness called […]
Mind Your Business, NKY: Opening the Doors to Investing with Roebling Capital Partners’ Keith Carlson
LINK nky CEO Lacy Starling and Business Reporter Kenton Hornbeck discuss all the new businesses popping up all around NKY from Ludlow’s 1975 Burgers, Shakes and Fries to Mainstrasse’s new gin bar, Juniper’s. You can read more on these new businesses at linknky.com. Lacy then sits down with Keith Carlson, Co-founder, CEO and Managing Partner of Roebling Capital Partners (“RCP”) and Managing Director […]
Mind Your Business, NKY: Making Your Own Luck with Payroll Partners’ ‘Hype Man’ Noah Osterhage
By Lacy Starling & Kenton Hornbeck This week on Mind Your Business, NKY! we provide a sneak peek of Kenton’s recent print story which highlights women leaders throughout NKY, their barriers, challenges and the balancing act of owning a business and cultivating relationships, raising families and tackling their careers. This print story will be in […]

