Columbia Business Times Archive

Building Columbia’s early-stage investment infrastructure has been a top priority of the local business community since the 1980s. Today, as mid-Missouri moves toward a technology-led economic development strategy,...

Skip Walther, who has been practicing law in Columbia for 22 years, says his election as vice president of the Missouri Bar Association comes during a challenging time...

Innovation requires agility, and small businesses are agile. That’s why small companies hold three times as many patents as their larger, corporate counterparts. And it’s why our entrepreneurs...

Critics and advocates of Missouri’s system of selecting appellate judges squared off in a panel discussion at the Missouri Bar’s annual meeting in Springfield on Sept. 27. The...

More than 700,000 businesses change ownership in the United States each year. But not without significant research and planning. The decision to become an entrepreneur is a big...

As if the Roots ‘N Blues ‘N BBQ Festival earlier in the month didn’t do enough to endear Boone County National Bank to the community, last weekend BNCB...

High grain prices help corn farmers, hurt livestock farmers and consumers Terry Hilgedick, a farmer from Hartsburg, owns what appears to be one of the modern gold mines...

Organizers work toward encore of blowout birthday bash Organizers of the Roots ‘N Blues ‘N BBQ Festival predicted that about 35,000-40,000 people would attend Boone County National Bank’s...

On the heels of a dire report from MU Truman School economics professor Judith Stallmann about declining sales taxes, Boone County government has purchased yet another expensive downtown...

As residents interact with local government, they walk away from the experience either exasperated or satisfied. Unfortunately, middle ground is in short supply. Over the last several years...