In Rock Port, Missouri, Mandy Herron turned two acres in her backyard into a blooming business with Flower and Forged Farms, a concept that sprouted from a peaceful moment in her garden. It happened one day in 2019 when she was on bedrest pregnant with her son while her husband...
Braiding hair for over 20 years, Michelle Byrd’s entrepreneurial journey began out of necessity. She started to braid and style client’s hair to pay for her youngest daughter’s private school tuition. Even though Michelle never envisioned herself starting her own business and just took on a few clients to supplement her...
Founder of Paytient Brian Whorley, inspired by his time at Boone County Hospital in Columbia, Missouri, created a system that’s helping over a million Americans better manage health care costs, reduce financial anxiety and get the treatments they need. “I wanted to reduce costs as a barrier to care,” Brian...
Spectrum Record Lounge is becoming a community cornerstone in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the city’s first and only record store, combining the owners’ love of music and meeting for a drink in one retro spot. “It's a nice symbiotic relationship between the record store and the bar,” says Travis Tyson,...
There are nearly half as many dry cleaning locations now than there were at the turn of the century, but Tonya McCrea found a way to reach new heights with her business East Hills Cleaners, which offers dry cleaning and laundry; she’s even expanded to two locations. “I have a...
