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Doing Business in Missouri: Financing

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Steps to Starting a Small Business

Event date: Aug. 24, 2021

Event time: | 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Fulton, MO

This class is designed specifically for those who are thinking about a new business venture. This workshop will guide you through 10 steps to start your own business and provide an in-depth reference guide. Program highlights include: understanding ...

QuickBooks Desktop: Utilization, Tips, & Tricks

Event date: Aug. 31, 2021

Event time: | 10:30 am - 11:45 am

This training will be a demonstration of QuickBooks Desktop and how to best utilize the program and its features. This training will be a free, one hour training via Zoom. You will be sent a link to Zoom after you register for the event.Cost: Free, ...

BUSS-701 F03 Starting and Managing a Small Business

Event date: Sept. 18, 2021 - Sept. 25, 2021

Are you thinking about starting and managing a small business in Missouri? Designed for individuals who are considering starting a business or have made the decision to start or who have been in business for less than two years, this program will ...

Business Plan Development

Event date: Oct. 19, 2021 - Nov. 9, 2021

This intensive, individually customized, four-session course is designed to provide new and aspiring entrepreneurs with tools and resources to create a solid business plan. Experienced business facilitators/coaches will guide group sessions and share ...

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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 ...

Agricultural businesses can apply for EIDL now

Published: Monday, May 4, 2020

MISSOURI – On Monday, May 4, the U.S. Small Business Administration opened up Economic Injury Disaster Loan applications on a limited basis specifically for agricultural businesses. The application is available at www.SBA.gov/Disaster.At this time, ...

MU Extension receives grant to grow beginning farmers, ranchers program

Published: Monday, Oct. 1, 2018

COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri Extension will receive a $432,747 Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program (BFRDP) grant through the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.The grant runs September 2018 to August 2021, says ...

Aspen Spas — St. Louis

Published: Thursday, June 16, 2016

Aspen Spas, which has built custom hot tubs and specialized spas for a quarter century, entered the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms (TAAF) program in late 2014. TAAF, administered by the Mid-America Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (TAAC), ...

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Using NRCS Technical and Financial Assistance for Agroforestry and Woody Crop Establishment Through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

Publication date: Oct. 1, 2020

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that is responsible for assisting landowners to improve our soil, water, air, plants, wildlife and energy use. Ensuring productive lands in harmony ...

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ARIS - Advancing Research Impact in Society

NSF-funded center that works with scientists and engagement practitioners to build capacity, advance scholarship, grow partnerships and provide resources to help them demonstrate the broader impact (BI) of research in their communities and society.

Federal grants

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SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans Available to Missouri Small Businesses

Small nonfarm businesses in 33 Missouri counties and neighboring counties in Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma are now eligible to apply for low‑interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). These loans offset ...

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Missouri Small Business Development Centers

Helping businesses at every stage from concept to startup, growth to renewal, mature to succession succeed through counseling, training and access to technology.

Mid-America Trade Adjustment Assistance Center

Helping manufacturers in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska respond to import competition through cost share grant funding and support.

Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance Centers

MO PTAC helps businesses - including small, disadvantaged, veteran and women-owned firms - obtain federal, state and local government contracts.

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