Start & Manage a Small Business - The First Steps
May 13, 2025Virtual
This workshop with the St. Louis SBDC will guide you through the steps to start your own business and provide resource materials. We'll focus on the legalities associated with doing business in Missouri, the challenges of business ownership, evaluating a business idea, and the need to plan.…
International Opportunities for Value Added Food, Beverage and Feed Companies
May 13, 2025Virtual
Join us for International Opportunities for Value Added Food, Beverage and Feed Companies, a virtual webinar covering the wide array of export support available to Missouri agribusinesses.
In partnership with the Missouri Department…
Coaching & Mentoring to Accelerate Potential
May 15, 2025In-personSpringfieldMO
Coaching can close the gap between acceptable and superior performance. Attend this seminar to learn the skills that professional coaches use to cultivate responsibility, innovation, energy, and commitment. This seminar will equip you with coaching and mentoring methods…
Smart Money: Understanding the Numbers Behind Your Childcare Business (2-part)
May 17, 2025 - May 24, 2025Virtual
This program is designed for child care administrators and qualifies for up to 4 hours through MOPD.
“Smart Money: Understanding the Numbers Behind Your Childcare Business” is a comprehensive course designed to empower childcare…
Conducting Effective Internal Investigations
May 20, 2025In-personSpringfieldMO
Your step-by-step guide to conducting a thorough, legally compliant internal investigation. Supervisors, Managers and HR professionals need to know the proper strategies and techniques to investigate workplace situations in a timely, unbiased manner. A proper investigation can be your number…
StartSmart: Your Business Foundations
May 20, 2025HybridKansas CityMO
Starting a business is an exciting journey, but it's essential to lay the groundwork for success. StartSmart: Your Business Foundations is a dynamic, hands-on, interactive course designed for aspiring entrepreneurs who are ready to turn their ideas into thriving businesses.
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Proof to Profit
May 20, 2025 - June 3, 2025Virtual
In this 3-part, virtual, training series, you'll learn how to avoid a common pitfall of entrepreneurship—no customer, no business. You’ll validate your idea through customer discovery and ensure your business concept solves real problems for real, paying customers before investing a lot of…
Growth360
May 30, 2025 - August 8, 2025In-personKansas CityMO
With a 360° perspective, businesses can avoid blind spots and make smarter decisions. This workshop introduces the GrowthWheel® Framework with participants taking home tools, Decision Sheets and 30-60-90 Day Plans.
How can…
Applied Food Safety Microbiology
June 2, 2025 - June 3, 2025In-personColumbiaMO
Applied Food Safety Microbiology Training Microbial control programs play a key role in controlling spoilage, toxigenic, and pathogenic microorganisms in a variety of raw and finished food products. Food Drug and Administration (FDA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food…
Intro to SBIR/STTR Funding via Zoom
June 10, 2025Virtual
Intro to SBIR/STTR Funding via Zoom – June 17th from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
This 90-minute live offering via Zoom is designed to introduce technology startups and university researchers considering a start-up on how they might fund R…
Professionalism Matters: Setting the Standard in Early Childcare
June 21, 2025Virtual
This training is designed for child care administrators and educators. It qualifies for 2 Clock Hours in MOPD.
Professionalism in early childhood education is fundamental to fostering a nurturing and effective learning…
NSF SBIR Interactive Workshop via Zoom
July 8, 2025 - July 9, 2025Virtual
This day and a half workshop is designed to assist technology start-ups and existing businesses, that have a breakthrough technology, in learning how to apply for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)…
Trade Shows - How to Cut Costs by Half and Boost International Sales
July 8, 2025Virtual
Trade shows are expensive and it can be hard to know whether the prospects you meet on the floor are worth pursuing or not. In this webinar you will learn how to cut costs of major tradeshows by 50% or more, get pre-arranged meetings with serious international buyers in attendance, gain valuable…
Quarterly Connect & Collaborate (LOZ)
July 16, 2025In-personOsage BeachMO
Join Us for Our Quarterly Connect & Collaborate Event!
Designed exclusively for small business owners like you! Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting your journey (must have an established business),…
Quarterly Connect & Collaborate
July 16, 2025In-personOdessaMO
Join Us for Our Quarterly Connect & Collaborate Event! Designed exclusively for small business owners like you! Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting your journey (must have an established business), this event offers a unique opportunity to connect with fellow…
Applied Food Safety Microbiology
August 18, 2025 - August 19, 2025In-personColumbiaMO
Applied Food Safety Microbiology Training Microbial control programs play a key role in controlling spoilage, toxigenic, and pathogenic microorganisms in a variety of raw and finished food products. Food Drug and Administration (FDA), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food…
Early Stage Business Boot Camp – Laclede County - 4 Sessions
September 16, 2025 - October 7, 2025In-personLebanonMO
Are you an aspiring or early-stage small business owner? The Early-Stage Business Boot Camp helps entrepreneurs look at all aspects of their business, explore the feasibility of a new business venture, and learn how to develop a viable business model.
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Jumpstart
September 26, 2025 - October 24, 2025In-personSedaliaMO
5-Week Business Foundation Program
You’ve got the idea, but now you need the blueprint to bring it to life. Join us for an intensive 5-week program designed to help you build a solid foundation for your business success. We’ll…
On Demand: Understanding Financial Statements (Prerecorded Presentation)
April 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025Virtual
Whether you own a small business, serve on a nonprofit board, or make financial business decisions based on data, you will benefit from this workshop!
Identify and understand key business information on profit and loss statements and balance sheets Know how to calculate and…
High Performance Supervision
May 13, 2025In-personSpringfieldMO
To achieve as a supervisor, you need to have a fundamental understanding of the core competencies in supervising employees. To be successful in keeping worker performance high, a supervisor must understand and know how to motivate people, solve problems, delegate…