Awards ceremony guests ponder traits of entrepreneurs

The 100 people who gathered in the Tiger Hotel ballroom for the inaugural Columbia Business…

People You Should Know: Anne Williams

*People Your Should Know* Anne Williams, JobFinders Employment Services

Speaking Out: What did the voters say? Messages underlie election results

Many times I have complimented Columbia/Boone County voters for their conscientious voting habits. Wow! The…

Speaking Out: Global warming guilt finally gets to me

I recently had major heart surgery. I now have more bypasses than the St. Louis…

Human Resources Q&A

*HR Q&A* Kat Cunningham answers personel questions.

How to deal with employee theft

While the vast majority of employees in this country will work hard for their employers…

Business Profile: Key Largo pumped up for continued expansion

*Business Profile* Key Largo Fitness & Tanning pumps up its business

From the Round Table: School system should determine why levy failed before trying again

There may be a thousand and one reasons why the Columbia school levy failed so…

University system’s new HR director replaces her mentor

*HR at MU* Betsy Rodriguez named University system’s new human resources director

Business Profile: Midway Electric success grounded in people power

*Business Profile*Midway Electric grounded in people power.

Fast-growth “cheetah” firms serve as model for business success

While entrepreneurship is not new, efforts to study the dynamics of this critically important sector…

ABC finds profitable stride after lean beginning, growing pains

Analytical Bio-Chemistry Laboratories, the anchor tenant of the University of Missouri’s Discovery Ridge research park,…