No person should have to start a business trip at 3 a.m. Nevertheless, that’s what I did. I grabbed my cup of coffee, checked to make sure I had all of my things and left my house in the dark while my family slept. Fifteen minutes later, I joined several other people as we prepared […]
In 1971, the White House held its first Conference on Aging in Washington, where inspiration struck volunteers from Boone, Audrain and Callaway counties. The group obtained a $35,000 grant from MU to study the lack of transportation for seniors in rural areas. Instead, the volunteers bought a bus, hired a driver and founded Cooperative Transportation
When a business is employee-owned, there might not be a higher compliment than to be recognized as the top employee-owned company in the region. This year, Emery Sapp & Sons Inc. received the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Heart of America Chapter Company of the Year award, a testament to their success as an employee-owned
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Today, Wabash Station operates as the main office for COMO Connect, formerly known as Columbia Transit, the city-owned public bus system. Wabash Station is a one-story, H-plan Jacobean building, according to the National Register of Historic Places. Located at 126 N. Tenth Street, it sits on a stone and concrete foundation, with a partial basement
Today, Wabash Station operates as the main office for COMO Connect, formerly known as Columbia Transit, the city-owned public bus system. Wabash Station is a one-story, H-plan Jacobean building, according to the National Register of Historic Places. Located at 126 N. Tenth Street, it sits on a stone and concrete foundation, with a partial basement
At the end of September, as the summer began to soften in Columbia, a team of executives from Columbia Insurance Group attended the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies annual conference in San Diego. One of the keynote speakers was Eric Wahl, a renowned graffiti artist and motivational speaker, but decidedly not an insurance executive.
Selling is a risky affair. What if people don’t buy from you? What if they don’t like what they buy? What if the costs of doing business outpace the revenue coming in? I can’t alleviate all your worries, but I can give you three strategies to take some of the risk out of selling. Reach
We call a sandwich with ham in the middle a ham sandwich. But when you read a menu, is it the ham that entices you to order the sandwich? Here’s what I mean. Which sandwich would you order? Honey Ham Griller: Thick-sliced honey baked ham, just how your grandma makes it, on buttered Texas toast
Why I’m passionate about my job: I enjoy working with entrepreneurs, and business-to-business gives me the opportunity to learn about interesting business models and ideas. Commercial property and casualty insurance is an important part of owning and operating a business, and that’s not likely to change anytime soon. Our distribution model is fun and fast-paced
With a trio of local elections coming up next year, perhaps this would be a good time to reconvene the unofficial, perhaps fictitious Boone County Hot Stove Political Club. In times past, loosely organized groups of politically-minded residents would gather at some hideaway, perhaps lubricated by a Niagara of corn liquor, to ruminate, speculate, motivate
