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Award winners share continuing-education experiences

The Columbia Business Times asked a group of the 20 Under 40 award winners to…

Continuing education courses can turn multi-tasking entrepreneurs into masters of all trades

The phone is ringing. Someone just came through the front door. A customer is waiting…

Moonlighting Musicians

Business by day, Rock after dark Barkelew’s musical life: Business whiz is back in the…

Happy birthday, Cherry Street Artisan!

Downtown coffee shop/entertainment venue turns 5 The Cherry Street Artisan, one of Columbia’s favorite spots…

Bill bloated with tax breaks

Time and again the lobbyists for special-interest groups tell the legislature that if only their…

University shouldn’t be boot camp for higher-education brass

Maybe I should wait to write this column after the second Sunday of July. The…

Even the city of Columbia must keep utilities current

I really did not intend for a pun to appear in this column. But we’ve…

MU’s Technology Lounge mimics corporate office trends

With computer labs so confining and Ellis Library lulling people to sleep, University of Missouri-Columbia…

Frat brothers build company selling used cell phones

After graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia and setting up a company to sell used…

Despite flaws, iPhone lives up to hype

Many reviewers have concluded that the iPhone is not a business tool, classifying it as…

Customer Service

The art (or science) of media planning and placement Is it art, or is it…

Business Boys

Student entrepreneurs trade schoolbooks for bookkeepers Adam Guy and Brian Laoruangroch were too eager to…