Real Estate Lending Officer, First National Bank & Trust Company AGE: 32 JOB DESCRIPTION: My responsibilities include making real estate and some personal loans; providing a point-of-sale environment to existing and potential customers; conducting loan interviews, analysis of credit, sales and networking; and developing new business through community involvement. YEARS LIVED IN COLUMBIA: 29 ORIGINAL […]
You might expect a martial arts enthusiast to thrive on killer instinct, but to Monarch Jewelry owner Ken Greene, the jewelry business is about cooperation, not cutthroat competition. A one-time serious student of jujitsu, karate and aikido, Greene now teaches tai chi as a volunteer at the Armory Sports Center. He says his interest in
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Late one Sunday evening 40 years ago I walked into Studio A in the old KFRU Building on Business Loop 70 and went on the air for the first time. I was 21. A friend told me I needed to work in a real commercial radio station. My KFRU début on Feb. 6, 1967, was
I have two kids going to college right now. Both are at the University of Missouri-Columbia. They are great kids. They are smart. I don’t mind helping them advance their futures. Like many parents my age, finding the funds to provide for a college education, especially two at the same time, is not easy. Tuition
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When Alisa Warren got together with central city minority entrepreneurs late last month to discuss the challenges of starting or running a new enterprise, she found that their concerns largely mirrored those of other small business owners: finding capital sources, providing health insurance for employees and staying committed to a vision in the face of
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Measurable progress has been made in minority business development in the past several decades. Although there are still strides to be made, it’s safe to say that minority-owned businesses have moved from emerging to noteworthy in terms of numbers, employees and industry sectors in recent years. Since the 1980s, expanded government programs and enhanced contractor
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In November of last year, Missouri voters approved Proposition B, raising Missouri’s minimum wage to $6.50 per hour, by a margin of 76 percent to 24 percent. Proposition B also stipulated that the state’s minimum wage be indexed to annual cost-of-living increases or inflation. Leading up to the election, proponents argued that the state’s lowest
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Do you want an outlet to tell your customers about your company personally? Are you frustrated because your e-mail messages won’t go through or you’re afraid no one is reading that colorful newsletter you spend so much money producing and mailing? Maybe you need to let out your inner blogger. I hope that by now
Columbia Chamber of Commerce President Don Laird says the Web site that the IDP Group designed and programmed for the organization, www.columbiachamber.com, has become “an important portal for people learning about Columbia.” Laird said that people are frequenting the new site more than the old, which results in 300-400 visits per day, sometimes more, depending
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When Steve Powell answered his phone one day last year, he had no idea that a troubleshooting call would blossom into a new venture. Powell’s Web whiz reputation had preceded him. Robert Wingartz of Airplay Direct was on the other end because his company’s Web site had crashed and a representative of another company said
