Letting go of the old to embrace the new. Most of us have experienced the loss of a relationship, someone we love deeply. Sometimes it’s our choice, and other times it’s not. Sometimes the loss isn’t permanent, but it feels and affects us as though it were. Either way, there is an inevitable pain. Our […]
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Local experts advise on saving, investing, and planning for your estate. We all know that we could be saving our money more wisely. Even those of us who already do a decent job know that we could be doing better still. Yet, despite the countless resources around us, we usually end up putting it off.
Some of Columbia’s most innovative business owners and PR professionals weighed in on some simple, inexpensive ways your company can increase and capitalize on your brand awareness. Be awesome all the time. It starts with a little introspection, says Liz Sensintaffar, associate director of communications and outreach at Woodhaven. Improving the visibility of your business
The students are flowing back into town and all things related to the University start to show themselves in a big way. I’ve yet to see a three-seater couch on the roof of a two-door sedan secured by arms out the windows — that’s been concerning to me, but the higher percentage of vomit on
Veteran newsman Scott Charton rues the dwindling number of locally- and family-owned community media outlets — those like the radio station that took a chance on him when he was an eager, enthusiastic barely-16-year-old and got his media career started. There’s an uncanny similarity in our stories. I was barely 16 when Norman Gallagher hired
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After more than 20 years as an entrepreneur, Amos Angelovici knows a little something about the process of nurturing an idea all the way from conception to launch. It’s never a chaos-free proposition. “I heard someone compare a startup to where you’re working when the building is on fire and you’ve got to stay cool,”
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For any small business — or even for individuals — choosing a skilled accountant is one of the most important decisions to be made. A good accountant can help a business grow and become financially strong; a bad accountant can do the opposite. Here in Columbia, we recently saw one of the worst case scenarios,
This story appeared in print as part of “Cashing In: AdSwapper Monetizes Online Advertising for Consumers.” Quinten Messbarger knows a kindred spirit when he sees one. When Amos Angelovici started as MU’s entrepreneur-in-residence in January 2016, he quickly made the value of his hire clear to Messbarger. “Amos has gone above and beyond,”
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As the economy struggles to recover, with less revenue available for the state to spend on functions of government, we need to find creative solutions in our problem areas. One of these areas is public education. The Learning Policy Institute, a national education think tank, reported school districts in every state are experiencing teacher shortages
