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Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. This week, we stopped by the InfoAg conference in St. Louis to chat with Vijay Chauhan of GlobalSTL, an organization that works to recruit international startups to the St. Louis area. Then, we visit with Anurag Patel, co-founder of Helix Health, a Kansas City startup that uses data ana...

Pitchin' is a short-run podcast from Missouri Business Alert, the same team that brings you Speaking Startup. It goes behind the scenes with three student entrepreneurs who are juggling school and startups as they prepare for a pitch competition that could change their fortunes. This week, find out who walked away from that pitch competition with the $15,000 grand prize, and who went home empty-ha...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. This week, we hear from hear from Blake Miller, founder of Homebase, a Kansas City startup that makes software to help landlords manage "smart" residences. We also have a conversation with Tara Gregor, owner of BreakWell. The St. Louis-based company brings wellness education to business...

Pitchin' is a short-run podcast from Missouri Business Alert, the same team that brings you Speaking Startup. Pitchin' goes behind the scenes with three student entrepreneurs who are juggling school and startups as they prepare for a pitch competition that could change their fortunes. In Episode 4, Pitch Day arrives. The student entrepreneurs navigate last-minute changes, perfect their pitch decks...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. This week, we check in with Kevin McGinnis. A former Sprint executive, McGinnis is now working to build the Keystone Innovation District, a district he envisions as a central hub for entrepreneurship in Kansas City. We also chat with Kristen Williams, the CEO and creative director of a...

Pitchin' is a short-run podcast from Missouri Business Alert, the same team that brings you Speaking Startup. Pitchin' goes behind the scenes with three student entrepreneurs who are juggling school and startups as they prepare for a pitch competition that could change their fortunes. In Episode 3, we explore the struggle, looking at what these entrepreneurs give up because of their startups — and...

Pitchin' is a short-run podcast from Missouri Business Alert, the same people that bring you Speaking Startup. Pitchin' goes behind the scenes with three student entrepreneurs who are juggling school and startups as they prepare for a pitch competition that could change their fortunes. In Episode 2, we talk about teams. All three of our entrepreneurs have different approaches to selecting the peop...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week's show: - 1:28 – Headlines from the past week in Missouri startup news - 2:52 – An excerpt from Pitchin', a new podcast about student startups - 6:47 – Talking capital with Kelly Sievers of the Women's Capital Connection in Kansas City - 13:20 – Noteworthy numbers from the...

Pitchin' is a short-run podcast from Missouri Business Alert, the same team that brings you Speaking Startup. Pitchin' goes behind the scenes with three student entrepreneurs who are juggling school and startups as they prepare for a pitch competition that could change their fortunes. In Episode 1, we meet those three entrepreneurs and hear about their lightbulb moments, getting the stories behind...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week's episode, we travel to a prison in Vandalia, where the state piloted a new program designed to teach prisoners the skills necessary to start their own businesses once they're released. Then, we turn our attention to the future of transportation in an interview with Jy Maze...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In our latest episode, we ask the question, "Your startup does what?" We talk with entrepreneurs behind some of the most unusual Missouri-based companies we've encountered to learn about where their ideas came from and how they turned them into viable businesses. The rundown: • 1:20 – W...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. On today’s show we’re taking a look at the business of music festivals in Missouri. At their core, they all share one thing: ambitious entrepreneurs looking to harness their growing popularity and make money. But in their race to become the Coachella of the Midwest, overspending or unde...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. Today’s show is all about the future of the medical cannabis industry in Missouri. Voters approved a constitutional amendment that legalized marijuana for medical use in November, opening the door for entrepreneurs and investors from across the state to participate in an industry that h...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode, we look at the ad-tech industry. The web provides an unprecedented opportunity for advertisers to collect user data and more effectively advertise to them. But has this model grown old? The rundown: • A roundup of this week’s startup news from across the state •...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode, we set out to answer a question: is the future of health care on your phone? We found that digital technology is not only the future, but a huge part of the present health care industry. The rundown: • 0:52 - A roundup of this week's startup news from across the...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode, we take a look at three organizations that are turning trash into treasure, making environmental sustainability a focus by recycling resources to generate revenue. The rundown: • 0:45 - A roundup of this week's startup news from across the state • 3:12 - Avenue o...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode, we check in with representatives from the state's four biggest startup ecosystems to to get a sense of what 2019 holds in store for early-stage companies in Missouri. The rundown: • 0:42 - A roundup of this week's startup news from across the state • 2:58 - Start...

For decades, the A.P. Green brick factory was the economic backbone of the city of Mexico, Missouri. Then, in 2002, it closed. Today, like many cities in America, this mid-Missouri city is reimagining itself as a haven for new business. It’s no longer a one-industry town. This podcast is part of Outstate, a Missouri Business Alert project on entrepreneurship in small-town Missouri. For more from O...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode: • 0:57 - A rundown of startup news from across the state • 2:05 - Amanda Quick is the founder of the Hatchery, a coworking space in Columbia that offers childcare and maternity programs. Quick spoke about how she started the business, and what coworking means for...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode: • 1:14 - A rundown of startup news from across the state • 2:37 - Robin Ann Morris, founder of an Ohio-based staffing agency for the medical marijuana industry, tells her story and offers advice to Missouri entrepreneurs interested in the cannabis business. • 8:2...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode: • 0:50 - A rundown of startup news from across the state • 1:47 - Arlan Hamilton founded Backstage Capital, a venture capital fund that invests in underrepresented founders. We interviewed Hamilton after her keynote address at the Vision conference in St. Louis....

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode: • 1:22 - Sheyvette Dinkens, a business teacher at Wyandotte High School in the Kansas City area, is turning her classroom into a coworking space. We interview Dinkens about the experiment. • 11:33 - Trisha Scudder, a University of Missouri alumna and longtime exe...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode: • 1:13 - Last week was Techweek Kansas City. Startland News reporter Austin Barnes was there for it all, and he shared an update from the event. • 8:16 - Ross Scanlan and Jake Eovaldi, two of the founders of the app SL.APP, joined us to talk about their idea for...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode: • 1:14 - Jack Schroeder, founder of the specialty sauce retailer Lost in the Sauce, talks with Elliot Bauman about running a business as a college senior. • 7:50 - Amy Martin, creator "Threshold" podcast, talks to Megan Liz Smith about what it's like making a liv...

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode: • 0:48 - A look at how technology is changing the grocery industry • 3:44 - We break down a new University of Missouri System accelerator to help student startups • 5:46 - Annika Merrilees sits down with AI entrepreneur Dave Copps • 20:32 - A look at important nu...