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Understanding Financial Statements

Event date: June 13, 2023

Event time: | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Sedalia, MO

Whether you own a small business, serve on a nonprofit board, or make financial business decisions, you will benefit from this workshop!Identify and understand key business information on profit and loss statements, and balance sheetsKnow how to ...

Business Planning for Childcare Centers

Event date: June 17, 2023

Event time: | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Kansas City, MO

This training is a 3-hour facilitated, face-to-face workshop, with access to a one-year LivePlan subscription provided, and a workbook to equip daycare operators with the skills, research, tools, and information necessary to develop a business plan ...

Business Planning for Childcare Centers

Event date: June 27, 2023

Event time: | 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Hannibal, MO

Business Planning for Childcare Centers

Event date: July 11, 2023

Event time: | 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Saint Louis, MO

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Missouri SBDC receives grant to help businesses in underserved communities

Published: Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021

The Missouri Small Business Development Centers received a $125,000 award for specialized training, business counseling and technical assistance for R&D-focused small businesses under the Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program.FAST ...

Managing Forward Series

Published: Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020

The Managing Forward Series are online courses to reinforce and strengthen your small business for the future. Hosted by the Missouri SBDC and facilitated by subject matter experts from the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of ...

Vazquez Commercial Contracting, LLC – Kansas City

Published: Monday, July 17, 2017

(This story originally ran in 2013)Joe Vazquez, president and CEO of Vazquez Commercial Contracting, LLC, wasn’t thinking about construction.He wanted to be an accountant.He and his twin brother were such diligent students they were named ...

Returning veteran finds sweet success

Published: Thursday, March 2, 2017

MARK TWAIN LAKE, Mo. – Smoke billows from the sugar shack where U.S. Marine veteran Jeremy Beaver cooks maple syrup. It is a crisp Sunday morning. A sweet, smoky smell and the sound of children playing fill the woods. Beaver likes the quiet of ...

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Landowners’ Guide to Lease Hunting in Missouri

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2022

Robert A. Pierce IIAssociate Professor, Fisheries and Wildlife ExtensionRyan MilhollinState Specialist, Agricultural Business and Policy ExtensionFigure 1. A hunting lease provides an opportunity for a landowner to supplement their farm income and ...

Starting and Operating a Farmers Market: Frequently Asked Questions

Publication date: May 20, 2021

Bill McKelveyProject CoordinatorDivision of Applied Social SciencesFigure 1. Farmers markets provide a place that producers may try selling farm products directly to consumers.Farmers markets are popular in Missouri and across the nation. In ...

Profitable Poultry: Raising Birds on Pasture

Publication date: Jan. 1, 2012

This publication features farmer experiences plus the latest research in a new "how-to" guide to raising chickens and turkeys using pens, movable fencing and pastures. A Kentucky family nets between 90 cents and $1.50 per pound from Louisville ...

Negotiation Skills

Publication date: Nov. 1, 1996

Christine Fiske and Janet A. ClarkDepartment of Human Development and Family StudiesHave you ever experienced any of the following?A father and daughter argue over the use of the family car.Two brothers disagree about whose job it is to take out the ...

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Missouri Small Business Insights Series — Cheetah Businesses: High-Growth Stage Two Missouri Businesses (PDF)

This brief explores fast-growing companies during the past business cycle — a good launching point for considering which small businesses may be poised for growth. But 2020 jolted the economy, so owners also want to know how their industry is ...

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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has delivered millions of loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions and other forms of assistance to small businesses.

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