On our 10th anniversary, we announced exciting changes, allowing us to expand our services & enhance our impact.
Supporting the region’s innovators and job creators? ✅ Check!
Through this competitive national grant & designation, we’re able to expand programming across the area.
As we integrated the Public Safety Training Center into our portfolio of professional development offerings, we were proud to see the impact this program makes.
In a new collaboration with the MSU School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, we provided active shooter training to 200 officers from 63 agencies across Missouri.
👣 Maxing out coworking spaces gave us a huge opportunity to expand our footprint.
A new collaboration space for Missouri State students and employers.
Major growth in impact required a larger team. And we built a phenomenal one!
It’s more than just coffee that caused a huge surge of activity across the region. It’s the fact that we served as home base for more than 130 companies & 200 members throughout the year. We led over 200 training programs & welcomed more than 3,000 participants, sparking new ideas & accelerating professional skills.
Our regional business consultants blew us away, too. They spent over 2,400 hours consulting with more than 1,300 business clients, resulting in more than $21 million in capital & equity & 500 new jobs.
We hosted MSU’s first-ever Innovation Accelerator.
It’s a creative way to:
Our partners support entrepreneurship, value the vitality of small businesses and dream big.
