Business development

Veterans Startup Ventures

Veterans Startup Ventures is a nine-week program for military veterans aspiring to start their businesses.

Engineering Extension uses engineering faculty and student expertise as well as linkages to other economic development outreach programs to deliver services via individual consultations, in-person or online education and community and regional-based programming for industry professionals.

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 APEX Accelerator

The Missouri APEX Accelerator helps businesses — including small, disadvantaged, veteran and women owned firms — obtain federal, state and local government contracts

September 9, 2025 - December 2, 2025

Essentials of Effective Supervision (12-Week program)

September 19, 2025 - October 24, 2025

Jumpstart

September 23, 2025 - October 28, 2025

Early-Stage Business Boot Camp – Reynolds County – (6-Week / 6-Session Program)

October 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025

On Demand: Starting and Managing a Small Business

Industry veterans embrace changing manufacturing landscape

September 23, 2025

Ag lenders seminars offer practical insights for the year ahead

September 9, 2025

New resources help small businesses leverage social media

March 26, 2025

Serving those who served

November 8, 2024

Manufacturing & Onshoring Hub

This hub of resources, provided by America's SBDC, is intended to support and empower small-business manufacturers as part of the Made in America Manufacturing Initiative.

Tools to Build Your Agritourism Business (PDF)

This toolkit can help you create or reassess your business path as you respond to customer demand, create value propositions and build a communications strategy.

24/7 Missouri

Helping business navigate government. (Formerly Missouri Business Portal)

ASSIST Database

ASSIST is a robust, comprehensive website used by standardization management activities to develop, coordinate, distribute and manage defense and federal specifications and standards, military handbooks, commercial item descriptions, data item descriptions, and related technical documents prepared in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Defense Standardization Program (DSP). Besides DoD-prepared documents, ASSIST also has selected international standardization agreements, such as NATO standards ratified by the United States and International Test Operating Procedures.