Startups, start your engines!
If you’ve been thinking about starting your own business, don’t miss the 5th Annual Ignition Entrepreneurial Summit hosted by REDI. You’ll hear local entrepreneurs share their startup stories, learn about creative funding opportunities, discover some small business resources, do some speed networking, and even prep for April’s Pitch Competition. Two things I’m most excited about […]
Read MoreCreative Incubator
Here in Columbia we have a new business incubator focusing primarily on life sciences. It fits nicely with the University of Missouri’s focus on biomedical (particularly veterinary technology), agriculture and sustainability and renewable resources. We also have an arts incubator of sorts, Orr Street Studios. Artists can rent small studio space and share a public […]
Read MoreSize Does Count
A Kauffman Foundation report offers some interesting insight into the job market: “If one excludes startups, an analysis of the 2007 Census data shows that young firms (defined as one to five years old) still account for roughly two-thirds of job creation, averaging nearly four new jobs per firm per year. Of the overall 12 […]
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