Keeping the Kids Entertained: While classic children’s activities such as face painting and magic can be fun, they can also be outdated and mundane. Some new kid-friendly activities are arising on the scene, and they might even make you wish you were a kid again: Mini Yogis, founded by Shana Meyerson, leads children ages 2 […]
The challenges of these somewhat tenuous economic times are not lost on the U.S. Small Business Administration, the federal agency charged with assisting the nation’s entrepreneurs with information, services and access to capital. The following initiatives demonstrate SBA’s efforts to respond to the needs of prospective and existing small business owners. Help for rural communities
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In the highly competitive business world, only the aggressive, risk-taking alpha male can expect to succeed as an entrepreneur. That statement may sound sexist, but it represents a commonly held gender stereotype. A team led by a University of Missouri researcher found that these stereotypes influence whether or not men and women decide to pursue
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In 2004, when Wendy Knorr started her marketing firm and Sara El-Toumi opened her salon and spa in Columbia, women had reached the point where they owned a 50- percent or greater stake in 48 percent of privately held U.S. companies.
The Center for Women’s Business Research study said that was a 6-percent increase from 1997.
Times are tough in the newspaper business these days and Columbia’s rare status as a city with two competing daily newspapers is clearly under siege. The Columbia Missourian, which turns 100 in September, is in trouble financially. For me, this is one of those difficult-to-write “glass house” stories about a media competitor. I believe the
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