Business plans and planning

• 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 ...

• Published: Friday, Sept. 18, 2015

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Employment patterns over the past decade are prompting many enterprising youths to explore business ownership as an avenue for income.Fourteen-year-old Jefferson City native Rebekah Kempker typifies the trend. The high school ...

• Published: Thursday, April 2, 2015

COLUMBIA, Mo. —Teacher Teri Walden and physician Becky Llorens met a couple of years ago and bonded over a common concern. Each has an autistic young adult son seeking work.While helping their sons find jobs, the two Columbia women did something ...

• Published: Monday, Aug. 12, 2013

EDINA, Mo.– Like any other business, a farm is more likely to succeed with a written business plan.“A business plan can serve as a road map for your business,” says Karisha Devlin, a University of Missouri Extension agriculture ...