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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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Perfect Your Startup Pitch

So you want to pitch your business to investors? Chances are, you’re not ready. Here's what most startup founders are missing in their investor pitch.
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Apply for the Ameren Accelerator 2018 cohort

Ameren Accelerator: Funding Innovative Energy Startups

Energy entrepreneurs apply now for the Ameren Accelerator for investment funding, mentoring, tech development and more. Applications are due March 9, 2018.
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Funding Alert: The BALSA Grant for St. Louis Entrepreneurs

The BALSA Grant to help first time entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground. The application deadline is January 15, 2018.
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Springfield Startup MOFINLabs Changing the Fintech Industry

“If you want to launch a dream, reach out to experts in different industries." Eric Ham and Josh Willis of MOFINLabs in Springfield, Missouri.
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Is There an Elephant in the Family Business?

Growing up with the family business’ office next door to your room almost guarantees that you will have business flowing directly through your DNA. Kyle Danner, family business advisor, experienced just that and then spent almost 20 years learning from the challenges and rewards that come along with being in a family company.
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Springfield's Taylor Park Creates Antique Photo Startup

“Be aware that your planned launch date and first dollar is further down the road than you think." Taylor Park of Springfield, Missouri's Family Photo Vault
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St. Louis Export Challenge Launches for Growing Global 2017

World Trade Center St. Louis, in partnership with the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership, launched the annual St. Louis Export Challenge.
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Meet Columbia's Anne Churchill of Jubilee Planning Studio Coworking Space

“The biggest lesson is to never say no; it becomes a matter of how to say yes.” Anne Churchill of Jubilee Planning Studio in Columbia, Missouri.
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Three Kansas City Startups Advance for WeWork's Creator Awards

Three Kansas City startups made the cut for WeWork's Creator Awards, which will give away more than $20 million in grants this year to entrepreneurs, businesses and nonprofits.
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Kansas City and St. Louis Entrepreneurs Take Home Annual EY Award

Eight men associated with as many Missouri companies were named the winners of EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award for the Central Midwest at an event last month in Kansas City.
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