Innovator Cohen Keeps Entrepreneurship in the Family with Nanopore
Hear Tom Cohen’s May 27 interview with KMOX Radio’s Charlie Brennan by clicking here One could say St. Louis innovator Tom Cohen is simply writing another chapter in his family’s legacy of St. Louis entrepreneurship. In 1903, Cohen’s great-great grandfather Morris founded the popular Central Hardware chain of St. Louis stores, famous for its team of “orange-coated experts” willing to guide customers to the right home improvement needs. His uncle James was CEO of the chain, which grew to nearly 40 stores in six states at its peak. While his ancestors specialized...
Read MoreThird Demo Day Dawns for St. Louis Startups
Click here on May 20 at 10:50am Central to hear Judy Sindecuse live from The Pageant in St. Louis Today’s entrepreneur is no stranger to the term “pivoting.” When it “pivots”, a startup company changes direction – ever so slightly or, in some cases, in a large way — to meet a customer need, a market condition or perhaps new regulations. All of this while keeping the fundamental vision of the organization intact. Sometimes, events that support startups need to pivot too. Take, for example, this month’s Demo Day in St. Louis, an event organized by Capital Innovators, the...
Read MoreComputerized License Plates? Here’s PROOF
Click, then scroll to bottom to hear Rachel Hankerson’s 5/6/2014 interview with KMOX Radio’s Charlie Brennan If you remember your grade school mathematics, you’ll recall that the product of two negatives is a positive. So you might say St. Louis innovator Rachel Hankerson is simply carrying out a principle of math with the founding of her company International PROOF Systems. Negative number one for Hankerson came in 1994. As a 21-year-old student commuting between her native St. Louis and Southwest Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri, she found herself on the...
Read MoreSt. Louis Startup Provides a Social Media Safety Net
Hear Gremln Founder Ryan Bell’s interview with KMOX Radio’s Charlie Brennan from Tuesday, April 29 If only Gene Morphis had known about St. Louis startup company Gremln. He might still be the Chief Financial Officer at women’s clothing retailer Francesca’s. Instead, Morphis was fired for cause in 2012 after sending a tweet to his followers that said, “Board meeting. Good numbers = happy board.” While that Twitter post may have seemed innocent to most people, it was disseminated while the company was in the midst of a quiet period, and the tweet helped send Francesca’s...
Read MoreEnviroPak is a Startup Success Story
What happens when you start a business that shreds documents for customers, but leaves you with mounds and mounds of shredded paper? You start another business. St. Louis entrepreneur Chris Miget knew that shredded paper made great packing material. But when he and his colleagues discovered that mixing that paper with water, then molding it and drying it produced really, really good packaging material, they founded EnviroPak. Hear his story on Tuesday, April 22 at 10:50 am central time on KMOX Radio’s Charlie Brennan Show, and learn more about EnviroPak, below: By William Kay,...
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