Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs.

In this week’s episode, we check in with representatives from the state's four biggest startup ecosystems to to get a sense of what 2019 holds in store for early-stage companies in Missouri. The rundown:

• 0:42 - A roundup of this week's startup news from across the state

• 2:58 - Startland News reporter Austin Barnes discusses Kansas City startups to watch in 2019

• 8:24 - Paige Oxendine, coordinator of Missouri State's eFactory, updates us on her organization's work and Springfield's startup scene

• 13:44 - Jonathan Allen, editor-in-chief of EQ in St. Louis, discusses how the city's entrepreneurial ecosystem will continue its rise in 2019

• 19:38 - Columbia REDI entrepreneurship expert Collin Bunch looks at what makes his city startup scene unique

Check out more episodes of Speaking Startup:

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Credit to Elliot Bauman for this episode's music.

For decades, the A.P. Green brick factory was the economic backbone of the city of Mexico, Missouri. Then, in 2002, it closed. Today, like many cities in America, this mid-Missouri city is reimagining itself as a haven for new business. It’s no longer a one-industry town.

This podcast is part of Outstate, a Missouri Business Alert project on entrepreneurship in small-town Missouri. For more from Outstate, visit http://www.missouribusinessalert.com/outstate

Episode credits:

Production and editing - Annika Merrilees

Reporting - Megan Liz Smith, Kristoffer Tigue

Music - Elliot Bauman

Editorial oversight - Michael Stacy

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode:

• 0:57 - A rundown of startup news from across the state

• 2:05 - Amanda Quick is the founder of the Hatchery, a coworking space in Columbia that offers childcare and maternity programs. Quick spoke about how she started the business, and what coworking means for female entrepreneurs.

• 11:07 - A look at important numbers in coworking news

Check out our website for more: www.missouribusinessalert.com/sections/m…/podcasts/

Credit to Podington Bear (soundofpicture.com) for this episode's music.

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode:

• 1:14 - A rundown of startup news from across the state

• 2:37 - Robin Ann Morris, founder of an Ohio-based staffing agency for the medical marijuana industry, tells her story and offers advice to Missouri entrepreneurs interested in the cannabis business.

• 8:23 - Kristen Williams is the founder of a Columbia-based startup called Hempsley, which provides educational materials on cannabis. Williams spoke about being a cannabis entrepreneur in a prohibition state.

• 18:58 - A look at important numbers in cannabis entrepreneurship news

Check out our website for more: www.missouribusinessalert.com/sections/m…/podcasts/

Credit to Podington Bear (soundofpicture.com) for this episode's music.

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode:

• 0:50 - A rundown of startup news from across the state

• 1:47 - Arlan Hamilton founded Backstage Capital, a venture capital fund that invests in underrepresented founders. We interviewed Hamilton after her keynote address at the Vision conference in St. Louis.

• 5:30 - Ethan Gooch started harvesting and re-selling prairie seed as a high school student. We talked with Gooch about conservation and balancing school with entrepreneurship.

• 11:47 - A look at important numbers in recent entrepreneurship news

Check out our website for more: www.missouribusinessalert.com/sections/m…/podcasts/

Credit to Podington Bear (soundofpicture.com) for this episode's music.

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode:

• 1:22 - Sheyvette Dinkens, a business teacher at Wyandotte High School in the Kansas City area, is turning her classroom into a coworking space. We interview Dinkens about the experiment.

• 11:33 - Trisha Scudder, a University of Missouri alumna and longtime executive coach, recently returned to MU to accept an award and share insights from a career spent guiding top business leaders. We discuss the takeaways.

• 15:50 - A look at important numbers in recent entrepreneurship news

• 16:53 - A rundown of startup stories from across the state

Check out our website for more: www.missouribusinessalert.com/sections/m…/podcasts/

Credit to Podington Bear (soundofpicture.com) for this episode's music.

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode:

• 1:13 - Last week was Techweek Kansas City. Startland News reporter Austin Barnes was there for it all, and he shared an update from the event.

• 8:16 - Ross Scanlan and Jake Eovaldi, two of the founders of the app SL.APP, joined us to talk about their idea for revolutionizing the subleasing process, which won Startup Weekend Columbia.

• 18:05 - A look at important numbers in recent entrepreneurship news

• 19:22 - A rundown of startup stories from across the state

Check out our website for more: www.missouribusinessalert.com/sections/m…/podcasts/

Credit to Podington Bear (soundofpicture.com) for this episode's music.

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode:

• 1:14 - Jack Schroeder, founder of the specialty sauce retailer Lost in the Sauce, talks with Elliot Bauman about running a business as a college senior.

• 7:50 - Amy Martin, creator "Threshold" podcast, talks to Megan Liz Smith about what it's like making a living as a podcaster, and what it takes to get started.

Check out our website for more: www.missouribusinessalert.com/sections/m…/podcasts/

Credit to Podington Bear (soundofpicture.com) for this episode's music.

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode:

• 0:48 - A look at how technology is changing the grocery industry

• 3:44 - We break down a new University of Missouri System accelerator to help student startups

• 5:46 - Annika Merrilees sits down with AI entrepreneur Dave Copps

• 20:32 - A look at important numbers from the week in entrepreneurship news

• 21:46 - Top headlines in startup and entrepreneurship news from across Missouri

Check out our website for more: www.missouribusinessalert.com/sections/m…/podcasts/

Credit to Podington Bear (soundofpicture.com) for this episode's music.

Missouri Business Alert’s Speaking Startup podcast explores news and issues important to Missouri entrepreneurs. In this week’s episode:

• 1:05 - LouFest, the St. Louis music festival, was unexpectedly cancelled three days before it was scheduled to begin. We talk about how it happened.

• 4:07 - Missouri Gov. Mike Parson recently announced a special legislative session, and one of the priorities will be increasing access to computer science courses and building awareness of career opportunities through STEM.

• 6:55 - Missouri Business Alert reporter Elliot Bauman talks to Scott Latham, a startup veteran and management professor, about the strategy — and risks — behind scooter startups’ aggressive go-to-market strategy.

• 12:16 - A look at important numbers from the week in entrepreneurship news.

• 13:53 - Top headlines in startup and entrepreneurship news from across Missouri.

Check out our website for more: www.missouribusinessalert.com/sections/m…/podcasts/

Credit to Podington Bear (soundofpicture.com) for this episode's music.