Icehouse to idea hub: Marlin family’s legacy fuels Springfield’s innovation
efactory’s Brick City: History meets hustle.
Makenna Seghers: Business meets Agriculture with the Early-Stage Business Bootcamp
Missouri SBDC at MSU’s Early-Stage Business Bootcamp helps bring MacKenna Segher’s business idea to life. Thanks to the bootcamp’s resources, Seghers is prepared to take on her soil laboratory business venture.
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Anticipating the future with Imagine Foresight
Envisioning the future Everyone has an image of the future. In the 1960’s, cartoonists imagined the future of flying cars. In “Back to the Future 2,” screenwriters imagined hoverboards, video calls, smart homes and screen-in-screen viewing. In practically every business, someone is thinking about what comes next, be it in their job description or not. […]
Join Our Team – Hiring a Regional Program Coordinator
We’re looking for a talented regional program coordinator to support Missouri State’s Economic Development Administration University Center. The right candidate will oversee a comprehensive grant program designed to connect individuals, employers and economic development organizations with university resources. Are you highly motivated and community-focused? As part of the efactory’s business support and training programs and […]
Regional collaboration aims to spark innovation and entrepreneurship across southwest Missouri
Springfield Business Development Corporation (SBDC) and Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce were recently awarded a regional Node Planning Grant from Missouri Technology Corporation. The planning grant will be used to organize regional “nodes” which are intended to support innovation and entrepreneurship through coordinated partnerships among entrepreneurial services organizations withing the node. This process will align […]
Welcome Rob Taylor to the team
Meet our new Administrative Assistant, Rob Taylor. He joined us alongside the opening of our new coworking space in Brick. He’s excited to be here, and we’re excited to have another welcoming personality at the face of our office. He’s everything we could ask for in someone who will make the member experience memorable: personable, […]
Customizing your experience through member app
Kevin Wyas shares about big moves in his company.
MSU receives funding to offer ALERRT Active Shooter Training
Missouri Department of Public Safety continues funding to Public Safety Training Center.
Early-Stage Business Boot Camp receives $100,000 support from U.S. Bank Foundation
Funds allow workshops to spread throughout Southern Missouri.
