Dedicated to supporting your business & developing your talents.
Looking for one-on-one feedback? We provide confidential, no-cost consulting and mentorship to help businesses start and grow in southwest Missouri.
As a DSA member, take advantage of 25% off conference room and meeting space reservations. Contact efactory@missouristate.edu to snag your spot.
Get plugged into this program for aspiring and current small business owners.
Want access to professional development led by experts in their fields? Join us for applicable, timely training programs that you can use. And as a DSA member, enjoy 50% off. Just contact Tara Horton to register.
We’re making it easy to connect with all the right people and organizations who can bring you critical expertise as you start and grow a business.
Assisting businesses - including small, disadvantaged and women-owned firms - in obtaining federal, state and local government contracts.
Helping Missouri manufacturers increase sales, create jobs, and reduce costs.
Eliminating the skills and opportunity gaps that prevent workers and entrepreneurs in rural regions from thriving in the digital economy.
Advancing minority business opportunities in the Southwest Missouri area.
Empowering high school juniors and seniors with real-world, career-oriented experiences.
Providing mentorship to help with your business needs.
Unleashing the potential of students to help them succeed in high school and in their careers after graduation.
Supporting technology, connecting people and improving the community.
Inspiring, developing and connecting leaders to serve the Springfield community through premiere leadership development.
Promoting a broader understanding and appreciation of the ethnically diverse talent and community resources and opportunities available in the Springfield/Greene County area.
Supporting Missouri’s businesses and diverse industries, strengthening our communities, and developing a talented and skilled workforce.
As your company’s employee base and revenue grows, your (and the company’s) needs evolve, too.
Through Elevate, you’ll have expert- and peer-guidance on some of the biggest questions as you grow your business.
We work closely with business clients and Missouri State University classes on special partnerships known as course projects. These projects give businesses fresh insights while providing students with real-world experience and business insights. Undergraduate and graduate level classes work on projects for business clients related to marketing, management and more.
Do you have a business idea you want to explore? Our Feasibility Study project teams you up with students in the Entrepreneurship Program to explore your idea and take some of the uncertainty out of starting a new business.
Need some new ideas for engaging content? Want to understand the digital landscape better? Our students will create a comprehensive plan, craft content and perform analysis of the digital data you share.
Do you have financial data, and not sure what it means or what you could be doing better? Our Accounting projects include: capital budgeting and cash flow analysis, creation/improvement of internal reporting mechanisms, establishing balanced scorecard metrics, or using regression tools to develop reporting and/or predictive analytics.
Are you looking to expand your company through strategic growth? Whether you are seeking to expand into a new market, diversify your products and services, or develop a strategic marketing plan for growth, this semester-long project, graduate-level program can offer solutions. Students engage your target customers through primary research and secondary research to provide actionable recommendations.
Need fresh ideas to reach more customers? Our Advertising project pairs your business with MSU Advertising and Promotions classes to create a multi-channel advertising campaign.
Are you looking to grow your workforce and engage more with your employees? We work with Industrial-Organizational Psychology graduate courses on business projects including developing, reviewing or enhancing your employee selection process as well as survey development to measure employee engagement, job analysis and more.
efactory, 405 N Jefferson Avenue, Springfield, MO 65806
