Job description: I am a full-time master hair stylist and salon owner who specializes in short hairstyles, but I’m creative with all styles. I have been a stylist for 27 years and a salon owner for 23 years. In my current salon, I have eight barbers and one other stylist. They are all independent contractors. […]
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Small business owners put their heart, soul, sweat, and tears into building and growing their business. When it comes time to hand over the business to someone else, that process looks different for everyone. From training up an employee to take over and exploring the idea of selling to a family member, succession plans look different for everyone. Koonse Glass and Dave Griggs’ Flooring America share their successful succession stories.
What’s your professional background? I have more than 15 years of experience as a business support manager and bilingual leader. I develop cross-cultural programming initiatives that improve outreach to the Hispanic business community. The main focus of my career has been to foster cross-cultural networks between the business sector and Hispanic and Latino community through
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Five small businesses receive chamber honors and Boone County Lumber grabs the top prize. Boone County Lumber 2019 Small Business of the Year On any given day at Boone County Lumber, you might find owner Brad Eiffert answering the phone, serving customers in the lumberyard, or driving a forklift — whatever it takes to grow
At Warm Springs Ranch, guests experience the Budweiser Clydesdales up close. In 1933, to celebrate the end of prohibition, August Busch Jr. gave his father six Clydesdales. Overcome with happiness and gratitude, August Busch Sr. cried into his beer. This event gave us the cheeky phrase, “Don’t cry in your beer,” and the gesture prompted
Washington surprises and delights with true Missouri flair. When I was young, my brother and I would complain to our parents that we were bored. (As if it was their problem, right?) My father would look down to his sandy blonde-haired children and say, “Only boring people get bored.” As a 5-year-old, I had never
Pack your bags for a European river cruise and let Viking take care of the rest. Aside from raising teenagers, my real-life adventures began in 2005 — the day I received my first passport. Little did I know of the places I would go, the people I would meet, and the cultures I would experience.
Switzerland has topped my list of places to visit for years, so it was an easy decision to add a pre-cruise extension in the charming lakeside town of Lucerne, nestled at the base of the Swiss Alps. Following 20-plus hours of travel and a quick nap, our Viking Cruises guide oriented us to our surroundings
The doors of Coyote Hill’s Petersheim Home are now open. On May 1, Coyote Hill Christian Children’s Home held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of this new home for children. The home was built with donations from Ed Petersheim and Veterans United Foundation among others. The home is 5,500 square feet, has a
Cocktails as health drinks? Oh, yes! I am in love with kombucha, and when DrinKraft opened just around the corner from DogMaster, I was in heaven! I am certain that we will have a kombucha cocktail on the summer seasonal menu at the distillery, so I wanted to start experimenting at home in anticipation.
