St. Louis Startup Promises Better Weekdays
Click here to hear Chris Motley’s interview with KMOX Radio’s Charlie Brennan from Tuesday, April 15 The story is true, and it goes something like this: A hiring manager at a local firm laments to his company’s leadership team, “We reach out to young potential new hires. We wine and dine them. We talk about the stability of the company. We talk about our great salaries. We show them our medical plan, pension plan and 401k. And at the end of the process, they don’t want to work for us. I just don’t understand.” What that hiring manager didn’t understand is that to today’s...
Read MoreHigh-Tech Peace of Mind in Elder Care
The business of monitoring the wellbeing of an elderly parent, grandparent, spouse or friend is about to get a whole lot easier. Coming soon to assisted living or independent living facilities—resident rooms equipped with a network of discreet, barely-detectible sensors that can determine if the resident is in bed or not, can determine anomalies in the climate of the room, can detect if a stove has been left on too long, if there is water on the floor of the bathroom, if the resident has fallen or is experiencing other types of distress, or if the resident is practicing regular hygiene....
Read MoreSt. Louis Startup Cuts Lawn Care Hassles
Click here to listen to James Hassinger’s Tuesday, April 1 interview with KMOX Radio’s Charlie Brennan “There’s got to be a better way.” The statement is perhaps the single biggest motivator of today’s innovative entrepreneurs. St. Louisan James Hassinger’s “better way moment” came five years ago. Hassinger, who studied computer science in college and later became a real estate agent and property investor, grew weary of trying to secure lawn care for the properties he was working on. “Lawn care companies wanted signed yearly contracts, or for me to be there with cash or a...
Read MoreSt. Louis Startup Provides New Model for Buying, Selling Cars
Click here to listen to Charlie Brennan’s interview with Josh Holstein on KMOX Radio Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Josh Holstein admits he’s really not a “car” guy. But he is an “idea guy”, and his idea has people thinking about new and better ways to buy, sell and re-sell cars. Holstein is the founder of CellARide, a St. Louis startup company that grew from an idea Holstein had while driving down the road three years ago. “I noticed a couple of vehicles that were displaying the old black-and-orange “for sale” sign, with the little white space for a phone number and a little information,”...
Read MoreSculpting a New Space in Interior Design
Click here to hear Brian Wideman’s 3/4/2014 interview with KMOX Radio’s Charlie Brennan If you’ve ever set out to give a room in your home a makeover, you know your options are limited when it comes to creating a professional look. Hire an interior designer? Sure, but be prepared to pay up to $200 per hour for his or her expertise. Go it on your own? Yep. But only if you don’t mind starting from scratch, or maybe picking a few ideas off HGTV, then spending long days traipsing through furniture stores, paint stores and other retail outlets in the hope you find something...
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