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This Month: Classes and Events to Grow Your Missouri Business

Check out this small sampling of statewide events that will help you grow your Missouri business.
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Missouri Entrepreneurship News

Follow our tips to start or grow your business in Missouri as well as our Entrepreneur in Action series,
stories about Missouri entrepreneurs and how they grew their businesses. 

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How a Missouri Community Stimulates Rural Entrepreneurship

New Growth is pushing entrepreneurship forward with groundbreaking collaborations.
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Ruben Alonso of AltCap

There’s a New Character-Based MicroLoan in Town

AltCap continues it's microloan work in the community by announcing a new loan with nontraditional underwriting methods.
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Libby Martin of Calving Technologies

Calving Technologies Is Saving Lives One Collar at a Time

At just 23 years old, Columbia, Missouri, entrepreneur Libby Martin has launched an agricultural science startup that won the EQ Final Pitch competition and more. Say hello to Calving Technologies.
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This Month: Classes and Events to Grow Your Missouri Business

It's getting hot out...and so are low-to-no-cost events for Missouri's entrepreneurs and small businesses. Everything from Quickbooks training to talent competitions are taking place this June.
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How Small Businesses Can Be More Shop Local Friendly

Giving small businesses the leg up is a favorite past time of MOSourceLink, so here are a few ways to maximize shop local searches.
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A group of entrepreneurs after the Ozarks Small Business Incubator pitch competition in the Ozarks, Missouri

National Small Business Week Was Done Right in the Ozarks

The Ozarks Small Business Incubator hosted its fifth annual conference and awarded burgeoning entrepreneurs with cash prizes, mentoring, and much more.
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A Place to Dream: Entrepreneurship is Easier with Kirksville Regional Economic Development, Inc.

Executive director Carolyn Chrisman is a champion of rural entrepreneurship and the resources Kirksville has to offer.
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The Next Kale You Say? It's Definitely the Next Kirksville Startup

Meet Max, an agricultural science entrepreneur who is growing the tropical plant of your nutrient-rich dreams...right in Missouri.
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News from the MOSourceLink Network: Our Afternoon in Kirksville, Missouri

MOSourceLink holds quarterly meetings with Missouri business resources to connect entrepreneurs to resources to start or grow a business.
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A New Program Called ‘Start Here’ Aims to Help Missouri Entrepreneurs

Stare Here is a new Missouri business accelerator aims to support startups and small businesses, from idea to expansion.
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