20 Under 40 Laura Roeder Co-Owner, Pure Barre Age: 36 Job description: Marketing, community outreach, teaching classes and basically anything that needs to be done in and out of the studio, including toilets! You never know where the day is going to take you, and I love that! Hometown: St. Louis. Years lived […]
What gets you out of bed every morning? I’ve found a job where I can play a meaningful role in people’s lives. I love teaching people how money works and grows over time. I have found that money is just a tool that helps people accomplish some of their most meaningful goals. What is your
When most startup founders think of Silicon Valley, they automatically think of the Sand Hill Road millions. The dream, for most startups, is to leave the Valley with a large check from one or more impressive venture capital firms. In reality, the road to Sand Hill is long, hard and expensive. Regardless of what you’ve
The Commerce Bank building, located at 901 E. Broadway, stands in place of two previous historical buildings, the Haden Opera House and the first Haden building, both of which met fiery ends. The Haden Opera House was built in 1878. In 1897, the opera house showed the first film in Columbia. The building burned down
Last week, my fifth-grader son brought home a math assignment. My middle son and mathematics have a complicated relationship. He would say that it’s not at all complicated, but rather straightforward. He doesn’t like math. I’ve told him that math, like any other subject, requires attention. Math requires patience. Math can be demanding and overwhelming
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Three convention veterans share their tips for success at the annual Business Showcase. Flats. Smile. Business Cards. And that’s just the start of the checklist for a successful expo. It’s the 25th year of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce Business Showcase. Held in the cavernous 19,000-square-foot Columbia Expo Center, adjoining the Holiday Inn Executive
The rumor on the Internet is that 95 percent of diets fail. Strangely, the reasons diets fail are eerily close to the reasons businesses fail in their marketing. Local experts — Erica Pefferman, president of The Business Times Company, and Mark Mills, of Cumulus Media — tell us why failing to budget can mean failing
Credit card security upgrades weigh heavily on Columbia’s retail industry. Riding my bike home from the store on the MKT Trail a few months ago, I lost my Chase debit card. The plastic bag hanging from my handlebars had a hole in it, and somewhere during the ride, my card had wormed its way
We’ll never get the whole story about what transpired during the recently concluded “times of trouble” at University of Missouri. The stormy fall semester is over and the university community is at rest. A provisional management team is in place. Barry Odom is the new football coach and the bad news about MU is beginning
