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Columbia Business Times Archive

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New Tiger Territory

What has it been like watching Mizzou Athletics unfold and improve since you took over? It has been so fulfilling for all of us associated with Mizzou Athletics...

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Thriving in Leadership

It’s hard to believe William Woods University, one of Missouri’s premier liberal arts colleges with five campuses across the state that house some 3,600 students, was at one...

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Plan To Grow

The secret behind the University of Missouri’s ever-growing student population is a plan. In 2001, Chancellor Richard Wallance and Provost Brady Deaton asked Ann Korschgen, vice provost for...

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An Economic Solution

Education is not a social issue. It is an economic one. Investing in education is, hands down, the best forward-looking solution for our state’s and our nation’s economic...

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Save Missouri’s Highways

Bouncing across Missouri through Jonesburg in 1914 on the Old Trails Road would have been a ton of fun and adventure. Gas was selling for a few pennies...

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Flashback: El Don Motel

“Em, spent Monday in this motel after passing through St. Louis. Havin’ a ball – livin’ high – see you soon. George.” This note, scrawled on the back...

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Rooted in the Business

11 Questions for Tony Grove, owner of Grove Construction When did you start Grove Construction? We started Grove Construction on June 17, 2009, and have now been in...

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Construction Zone

An update on new and ongoing projects on the University of Missouri, Columbia College and Stephens College campuses...
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Downtown’s quirks challenge housing

The cash flow potential is incredible. “Beds” in the two-, three- and four-person apartment complexes shooting up across downtown Columbia are renting for north of $500 to $600...

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You say you don’t sell

The art of sales is about communication. Those who can communicate the most effectively will be the most successful. We focus heavily on such things as asking good...