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2020 Awards & Press
- Opinion: Scrapped plans are the perfect opportunity - Springfield Business Journal - September 21, 2020
- Efactory expands as more want to use co-working space - KY3 News - September 8, 2020
- SBDC, OzSBI partner to expand services to small businesses - West Plains Daily Quill - September 2, 2020
- Summer 2020 Construction in the Ozarks: MSU Plaster Free Enterprise Center renovation - Springfield Business Journal - August 24, 2020
- Missouri SBDC at MSU partners with Ozarks Small Business Incubator (OzSBI) to expand services to small businesses - Ozark Radio News - August 24, 2020
- SBDC partners with West Plains incubator - Springfield Business Journal - August 20, 2020
- Furloughs end for Vision Clinic Springfield, with employees returning to work - Ozarks First - August 10, 2020
- SBDC enters agreement with Taney County Partnership - Springfield Business Journal - August 6, 2020
- Hearo Tech, nonprofit team for remote monitoring system - Springfield Business Journal - July 27, 2020
- "Customer Discovery: Unlocking the Mystery for Success" seminar set for June - Ozark Radio News - May 25, 2020
- A Conversation With ... Rachel Anderson - Springfield Business Journal - May 11, 2020
- Efactory cancels 2020 accelerator cohort - Springfield Business Journal - May 5, 2020
- Your COVID-19 Small Business Tool Kit - Springfield Business Journal - April 24, 2020
- Business Spotlight: Unprecedented Foothold - Springfield Business Journal - April 20, 2020
- Uphill Climb: Startups operate amid coronavirus - Springfield Business Journal - April 20, 2020
- State budget withholding may put Efactory, JVIC in jeopardy - Springfield Business Journal - April 16, 2020
- Crisis generates business innovation - Springfield Business Journal - April 13, 2020
- MO Good News You Can Use: Springfield's efactory Offers Virtual Help, Legal Experts During COVID-19 - MO Source Link - April 10, 2020
- Missouri State Stays on Mission During COVID-19 - Ozarks Independent - April 8, 2020
- Public affairs in action during COVID-19 - Missouri State News - April 7, 2020
- 'It's hard, man' - COVID-19 shuts down Springfield's barbers, hair salons - Springfield News-Leader - March 31, 2020
- Resources available for small businesses struggling to cope with pandemic - West Plains Daily Quill - March 31, 2020
- JVIC teams up with CoxHealth - Missouri State News - March 24, 2020
- COVID-19 Coverage: Small Biz Resources - SBJ Live - March 24, 2020
- JVIC prototypes PPE, with CoxHealth as partner - Springfield Business Journal - March 23, 2020
- CoxHealth, Jordan Valley Innovation Center developing prototype for reusable face shield - Ozarks First - March 22, 2020
- CoxHealth experts create face shields for healthcare workers amid shortage - KY3 - March 21, 2020
- Speaking Startup: Working from home and avoiding door handles - Missouri Business Alert - March 20, 2020
- How Hopapops Got Its Start - Biz 417 - March, 2020
- Millennials Find New Hope In The Heartland - Heartland Forward - March, 2020
- Springfield's New Fiber Internet Connection Could Draw Start-Up Businesses - KY3 - February 25, 2020
- 2020 Excellence in Technology Awards: Meet the 18 Finalists - Biz 417 - January 2, 2020
2019 Awards & Press
- Game On: Locals Get Involved in Growing Esports Industry - Springfield Business Journal - December 23, 2019
- Esports Center to Launch in Springfield - Springfield Business Journal - December 17, 2019
- Great Southern Makes Naming-Level Donation to Efactory - Springfield Business Journal - November 21, 2019
- Efactory offering Small Businesses Mentoring Program - KOLR10 - November 13, 2019
- Former Layer 3 Technology Co-Owner Launches Startup - Springfield Business Journal - October 23, 2019
- Entrepreneur Bug Bites Early - Springfield Business Journal - October 22, 2019
- Focus Feature: Finding Purpose Through Wellness - Springfield Business Journal - October 21, 2019
- Business Mentoring Program Launches - Springfield Business Journal - October 21, 2019
- Efactory, MSU Business Center Launch Mentorship Program - Springfield Business Journal - October 10, 2019
- Springfield, Missouri Entrepreneurship Has a Home Called the efactory - MOSourceLink - October 3, 2019
- Missouri State Startup Program Helps Local Entrepreneurs – KSMU – September 26, 2019
- The efactory: A Place for Movers, Shakers, Dreamers and Doers – Missouri State Magazine – September 24, 2019
- Accelerating Growth: Where Are the efactory Accelerator Participants Now? – Springfield Business Journal – September 20, 2019
- Entrepreneur Moves From Red Monkey to Hopapops – Springfield Business Journal – September 20, 2019
- Missouri Startups Expanding the Amount of New Jobs – KOLR10 – September 19, 2019
- Speaking Startup: How the efactory is Scaling its Services to Springfield Entrepreneurs – Missouri Business Alert – September 19, 2019
- A Springfield, Missouri Aerospace Engineer Starts a Music Tech App – MOSourceLink – September 6, 2019
- Startup Capital Through Accelerators – SBJLive – September 5, 2019
- How the Fletch App Helps Professors with Student Attendance – Biz 417 – September/October 2019 edition
- Federal Grant Paves Way for $2.5 Million Expansion of efactory – Springfield News-Leader – August 31, 2019
- Springfield’s efactory Receives $1.25 Million Federal Grant – Missouri Business Alert –August 28, 2019
- Federal Government Awards $1.25M Grant to efactory – Springfield Business Journal – August 28, 2019
- U.S. Department of Commerce Invests to Expand Missouri State Business Incubator – Missouri State News – August 27, 2019
- Technology Connecting Creativity – Ozarks Tonight – August 24, 2019
- Startup Announces $1.25 in Investment at efactory’s Demo Day – Springfield Business Journal – August 19, 2019
- Finding the Right Office Space – MSU Communications – August 15, 2019
- Fletch App: Tracking Student Safety – Ozarks Tonight – July 23, 2019
- State Awards $100k in Tax Credits to efactory – Springfield Business Journal – July 8, 2019
- Local small business incubator receives tax credits from Missouri Department of Economic Development – July 8, 2019 – KOLR10
- Awards $500,000 to Assist Missouri Small Businesses – Emissourian.com – July 7, 2019
- Efactory considers expansion – Springfield Business Journal – June 2019
- Springfield entrepreneurship hub considers expansion – Missouri Business Alert – June 2019
- Startup Corner: Seth Kitchen, Collaboarator LLC – Springfield Business Journal – June 2019
- Startup wins $5,000 at efactory’s Pitch Contest – Springfield Business Journal – May 2019
- Startups join efactory’s business accelerator – Springfield Business Journal – April 2019
- Springfield’s efactory accelerator announces fourth startup cohort – Missouri Business Alert – April 2019
- Efactory plans to turn grant money into 900 jobs – KY3 – March 2019
- Efactory works to turn $350k into $40M – Springfield Business Journal – March 2019
- With new grant, efactory predicts economic impact boon – Springfield Business Journal – March 2019
- The efactory received the Community Impact Award, 2019 Excellence in Technology Awards – Biz 417 Magazine – February 2019
- Efactory accelerator portfolio company Select Sitter receives 2019 Most Innovative Startup Award, 2019 Excellence in Technology Awards – Biz 417 Magazine – February 2019
- Eagle Speak sells to health care startup – Springfield Business Journal – January 2019