NEW STYLE: Salon de Capello owner gets a wild hair to make over his business model

Steve Stephenson is the kind of hair stylist who follows you to the front door…

Economic slowdown causes city budget concerns

One of the key indicators of Columbia’s economic vitality is the city sales tax receipts,…

Credit Crunch Foreclosures on the rise

Amid a housing market slowdown and questionable credit practices, the number of foreclosures in Columbia…

Development along Stadium pioneering, but contentious

Newcomers to Columbia may be unaware that Stadium Boulevard was once called Conley Road, a…

Commercial pathology lab expands to four-state area

When a doctor or nurse draws blood or takes a tissue sample at a hospital…

PYSK: Kristina “Tina” Bernskoetter

Director of Government Affairs, Columbia Chamber of Commerce AGE: 23 JOB DESCRIPTION: Representing the Chamber…

Business Profile: Office equipment company links volunteering, marketing

Lynda Baumgartner likes to help local not-for-profits and charitable causes on a regular basis. In…

Endangered sturgeon policy muddies the water

This piece is about the Missouri River. I have written before about the public policy…

With 3G, Columbia has truly mobile communications technology

It happened sooner than I thought it would: the advent of portable high-speed Internet connectivity…

What do consultants do, anyway?

A good business development consultant is very similar to your doctor. The physician’s goal is…

Management consultants can lend business owners an extra pair of hands—and a fresh perspective

Some business owners describe it as an intuition or a nagging sense that something is…

Social networking online helps you connect with customers

This month I thought it might be interesting to take a look at this whole…