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Guest Column: A Great Investment

I recently completed a 35-year career in telecommunications that took me from the main streets…

MU professor puts journalism in historical perspective

With the publication of two books investigating major events in the history of American journalism,…

George Pfenenger Entrepreneur of the Year

Six innovators win Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards

Young Entrepreneur of the Year
–Adam Guy
Next Year’s Entrepreneur
–Kevin Keegan
Serial Entrepreneurs of the Year
–Brock and Brant Bukowski
Best Marketers of the Year
–Paul Sturtz & David Wilson
Career Achievement in Entrepreneurship
–Nick Peckham

True Media Celebration

True Media Staff members Steve Sweitzer and Terry Woodruff Jack Miller with members of the…

MFA Oil president praises ethanol’s use, rebuts critics

*Ethanol Explained*Q&A with Jerry Taylor, president of MFA Oil

Housing crisis hits home

Declining market designation causing industry shakeup Columbia’s designation as a declining real estate market by…

Buddies in Business: the Beckett & Taylor Agency

*Insurance of Friendship*Columbia natives/childhood buddies start Beckett & Taylor Agency.

People You Should Know: Bob Hull

*People You Should Know*Bob Hull, Commerce Bank.

Business Briefs

City’s fifth Rotary Club formalized Columbia Sunrise Southwest Rotary Club, which has been gathering informally…

Columbia Community Garden Coalition helps groups start gardens

There’s almost nothing more satisfying than a big basket overflowing with juicy red tomatoes, crispy…

Competing Country Clubs: CCMO, CCC adapt to Old Hawthorne’s arrival

Last fall, Shelter Insurance agent Mike Messer teed up a deal with Bryan Ninichuck by treating him to a round of golf at Columbia Country Club. Over the four-hour round, they hashed out a plan for insuring Ninichuck’s business, Winegate Environmental Pest Management. The outing made Ninichuck wonder whether a country club membership could help his own business.

Cool Product Idea! Now What? (Part I) Lessons learned on product development

*Bright Idea*How to launch a cool product