Put Your Worst Foot Forward is a book by Barnett C. Helzberg Jr. about him starting and building the Helzberg Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program (HEMP).
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HEMP and Porter House Kansas City have a partnership and both work to help entrepreneurs in the Kansas City area
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HEMP is dedicated to strengthening entrepreneurial leaders through excellence in mentoring.

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By the numbers

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$748 Million
Economic Impact on Kansas City
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28 Years
Growing Kansas City
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43%
Increased Revenue Growth
3 People
41%
Increased Employee Count