Ready! Set! Score! Small Business Readiness Weekend

Thursday & Friday, May 8-9, 2025 (9am – 3pm both days)

May 9-10, 2025, marks a weekend dedicated to preparing small businesses to thrive during major tourism events in Kansas City and the surrounding region.

READY! SET! SCORE! connects small business support organizations directly

with entrepreneurs in a dynamic and interactive setting designed to

educate, equip, and empower the small businesses that

drive our cities’ economies.

This event is open to the public but requires businesses to register in advance.

What to Expect:

Greetings from Local Officials

Representatives from Major Tourism Committees

How to prepare your business for International Tourism and Customers

Permits, Licenses & Taxes

SMALL BUSINESS SPEED SESSIONS

Have a speed session with business experts in the following areas:

• • • • • • • • Capital Readiness – Social Media Readiness
            • • Marketing Readiness – Staffing Readiness
            • • Community Collaborations

Registration Cost: $20 per business owner* (scholarships available)

Presented by: Actuate Consulting, EBB and Network KS

May 9-10, 2025, marks a weekend dedicated to preparing small businesses to thrive during major tourism events in Kansas City and the surrounding region. READY! SET! SCORE! connects small business support organizations directly with entrepreneurs in a dynamic and interactive setting designed to educate, equip, and empower the small businesses that drive our cities’ economies.

This event is open to the public but requires businesses to to register in advance.

REGISTER FOR KANSAS CITY, KANSAS

Thursday, May 8th – Kansas City, Kansas @ The Legacy Center – 1121 N 5th St. Kansas City, KS 66101

REGISTER FOR KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

Friday, May 9th – Kansas City, Missouri @ Keystone Innovation District – 800 E 18th StKansas City, MO 64108 

Who should Attend?

• • Small Business Owners in the Kansas City Region (200 mile radius)

• • Retail, Restaurant, Clothing, Security, Construction, Barber and Beauty

• • Online and Brick and Mortar Companies

• • Pop Up Vendors, Food Trucks, Street Vendors

• • Hospitality, Travel, Local Transportation, Long Term Rentals, Bed and Breakfast, Event Spaces

• • All Businesses welcome!

What to Expect:

• • Greetings from Local Officials

• • Representatives from Major Tourism Committees

• • How to prepare your business for International Tourism and Customers

• • Permits, Licenses & Taxes Information

• • SMALL BUSINESS SPEED SESSIONS

• • Have a speed session with business experts in the following areas:
    • • Capital Readiness 
    • • Social Media Readiness
    • • Marketing Readiness 
    • • Staffing Readiness
    • • Community Collaborations
    • • Insurance Agencies 
    • • and many more Small Business Experts