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Solitaire Spa and Barbery
Hannah knew the minute she heard about the Top Tank contest that she was going to enter her business concept into the competition.

Lisa Loewen
Solitaire Spa and Barbery
Lisa LoewenEditor-in-Chief

WHO
Hannah Kagay

THE PITCH
Solitaire Spa and Barbery will feature an upscale spa,
where customers can spend a day relaxing and being pampered,
and a barber area where men can drop in for an old-fashioned
experience, including a shoe shine and a whiskey bar.

Hannah knew the minute she heard about the Top Tank contest that she was going to enter her business concept into the competition. If nothing else, it would give her the chance to receive constructive feedback on turning her dream into a reality. The Top Tank organizers guided her to investigate Topeka’s resources for start-up entrepreneurs.

“When the contest was finished, I actually felt like I had taken a crash course in business development,” Hannah said.

Hannah says the Top Tank contest pushed her out of her comfort zone and forced her to take a deep look at what it would take to expand her business from a home-based salon to a luxury spa.

Seeing other entrepreneurs pursuing their dreams and watching some of them come to fruition inspired her to stay passionate about her own.

Since the end of Top Tank, Hannah has taken time to refine her business concept. She has continued to meet with her new business connections and resources to consider her options and determine her next steps.

Lisa Loewen

Editor-in-Chief

Lisa Loewen has been teaching journalism at the University of Kansas since 2004 on the Strategic Communications track. Loewen brings more than 25 years of experience in advertising, marketing and public relations. Her extensive writing experience includes magazine, newspaper and broadcast, advertising copy for print and television, as well as academic articles. Loewen’s career path has taken her from advertising agencies to corporate offices to education. As marketing director for an international communications company, she managed internal communications as well as information sent to clients throughout the world.

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Lisa Loewen

Editor-in-Chief

Lisa Loewen has been teaching journalism at the University of Kansas since 2004 on the Strategic Communications track. Loewen brings more than 25 years of experience in advertising, marketing and public relations. Her extensive writing experience includes magazine, newspaper and broadcast, advertising copy for print and television, as well as academic articles. Loewen’s career path has taken her from advertising agencies to corporate offices to education. As marketing director for an international communications company, she managed internal communications as well as information sent to clients throughout the world.

Editor-in-Chief

Lisa Loewen has been teaching journalism at the University of Kansas since 2004 on the Strategic Communications track. Loewen brings more than 25 years of experience in advertising, marketing and public relations. Her extensive writing experience includes magazine, newspaper and broadcast, advertising copy for print and television, as well as academic articles. Loewen’s career path has taken her from advertising agencies to corporate offices to education. As marketing director for an international communications company, she managed internal communications as well as information sent to clients throughout the world.

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