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Nestlé Purina Petcare - A Premier Global Manufacturer Of Pet Products

Nestlé Purina Petcare – A Premier Global Manufacturer Of Pet Products

Nestlé Purina PetCare promotes responsible pet care, community involvement, and the positive bond between people and their pets. A premier global manufacturer of pet products, Nestlé Purina PetCare is part of Swiss-based Nestlé S.A., a global leader in nutrition, health, and wellness. The Retail Innovation Center (RIC) is where Purina demonstrates our Pet category thought […]

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Shakespeare Festival - Storytelling And Live Performance To Bridge

Shakespeare Festival – Storytelling And Live Performance To Bridge

Shakespeare Festival St. Louis uses storytelling and live performance to bridge divides across the St. Louis region. Now entering its 20th season, Shakespeare Festival has quickly become one of the cultural gems of the bi-state region. Our summer Shakespeare productions play to thousands of residents and visitors every night, offering world-class artistry and an unmatched

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Purpose First Advisors - works with entrepreneurs and the organizations that serve them to build profitable ventures

Purpose First Advisors – works with entrepreneurs and the organizations that serve them to build profitable ventures

Purpose First Advisors works with entrepreneurs and the organizations that serve them to build profitable ventures that create generational wealth for founders and their families. Purpose First Advisors is particularly focused on helping women and entrepreneurs of color—those visionaries who are typically underrepresented and underestimated—build wildly successful businesses. Founder & CEO Christy Maxfield’s portfolio includes

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Rise Collaborative - A workspace for professional women to conduct business and a curated community for women focused on growing professionally and personally

Rise Collaborative – A workspace for professional women to conduct business and a curated community for women focused on growing professionally and personally

RISE Collaborative is both a workspace for professional women to conduct business and a curated community for women focused on growing professionally and personally. With the flexibility of a coffee shop but the polish of a corner office, RISE is where women can thrive with like-minded professionals, focus on business, and make connections to support

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Provider Pool - An online labor marketplace created specifically for the healthcare industry

Provider Pool – An online labor marketplace created specifically for the healthcare industry

Provider Pool is an online labor marketplace created specifically for the healthcare industry. The platform connects hospitals and other healthcare organizations to their ideal nursing professionals for short-term and longterm staffing needs. After working in the healthcare industry for nearly a decade, Janna Westbrook, Provider Pool’s founder, became completely immersed in the evolution of the

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Polsinelli - Deeply rooted in the St. Louis region

Polsinelli – Deeply rooted in the St. Louis region, Polsinelli has a steadfast reputation in the legal

Deeply rooted in the St. Louis region, Polsinelli has a steadfast reputation in the legal and business communities for its sophisticated work, industry knowledge, civic leadership, and entrepreneurial spirit. An Am Law 100 firm with more than 875 attorneys in 21 offices, Polsinelli provides value to clients by combining legal counsel with astute business insight.

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OPO Startups - Randy got his start in the software business pretty much right out of school.

OPO Startups – Randy got his start in the software business pretty much right out of school.

Randy got his start in the software business pretty much right out of school. An electrical engineer, Randy made the hop from engineering to software in the ’80s and then started his first software-consulting firm, Quilogy, in the early ’90s, re-settling his family in Saint Charles, where he and his wife had grown up. After

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John G. Gatewood, CFP®, CLU®, President & Founder – Gatewood Wealth Management

When his military pension wasn’t enough to support our family, my father went into life insurance. He realized no one was coordinating all of the separate aspects of families’ financial planning. The Glass Steagall Act was still in effect, and it kept all financial companies separate; insurance was separate from banks were separate from investment

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STLMADE - The STLMade movement was sparked by a growing community that sees the transformation

STLMADE – The STLMade movement was sparked by a growing community that sees the transformation

BBC is a brand strategy consultancy that harnesses dynamic human connections and the conscious desire for change to create forward momentum for brands, cities, and people. The STLMade Movement St. Louis is in the midst of a nascent renaissance that’s being fueled by the creativity and sheer tenacity of thinkers, doers, makers, and innovators who

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St. Louis Surge - The city of St. Louis has been begging for a professional basketball team ever since the loss of the former NBA St. Louis Hawks

St. Louis Surge – The city of St. Louis has been begging for a professional basketball team ever since the loss of the former NBA St. Louis Hawks

The city of St. Louis has been begging for a professional basketball team ever since the loss of the former NBA St. Louis Hawks, now the Atlanta Hawks, in 1968. In 1973, the city acquired the Spirits of St. Louis, an ABANBA merger team. Their franchise was short-lived, shutting down in 1976. Who knew that

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Dena Ladd, Executive Director – Missouri Cures Education Foundation

Missouri has not one, but many, outstanding research institutions— Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Missouri, Saint Louis University, and Stowers Institute for Medical Research among them. As the Executive Director of the Missouri Cures Education Foundation, I cultivate and maintain relationships with key policymakers, business leaders, researchers, and patient advocates in the

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Stryker Construction - Gary launched Stryker Construction and tackled the demanding world of commercial construction

Stryker Construction – Gary launched Stryker Construction and tackled the demanding world of commercial construction

What do you do when you’ve achieved your vision and then find out it’s not what you actually wanted? Gary Wood began his journey in construction in 1995, when the Wood family started a small, residential renovation business specializing in single family homes. Sixteen years later – fueled with a passion to grow and armed

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Less Annoying CRM - Makes a simple

Less Annoying CRM – Makes a simple, focused, and affordable customer relationship-management software designed with small businesses and small teams in mind

Less Annoying CRM makes a simple, focused, and affordable customerrelationship-management software designed with small businesses and small teams in mind. Less Annoying CRM gives its users all the best of a CRM platform, while ensuring that the platform is—well, less annoying.   When asked for an elevator pitch about Less Annoying CRM, partner Alex Haimann

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Simploy - Making Human Resources Simple For Over 25 Years.

Simploy – Making Human Resources Simple For Over 25 Years.

SIMPLOY provides a creative solution to help innovative employers succeed with the Innovators’ HR Infrastructure. These innovators (small and large) access a high level of immediate Human Resource capacity for employees, managers, and owners. This foundation includes employee benefits, government compliance, workers’ compensation insurance, payroll, and personalized HR services—all in one bundle.  When Jay King

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Jay King

Jay King, CEO – Simploy

St. Louis was born of innovation, and the city has always been shaped by the pioneer mentality. Since its founding in 1764 by Pierre Laclede as an outpost on the Mississippi River, St. Louis has been a place where entrepreneurs and thinkers gather. Innovation in the city began with Laclede’s vision, and it has only

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Josh Turner

Josh Turner, CEO – LinkedSelling

Founded by Wall Street Journal–bestselling author and CEO Josh Turner, LinkedSelling is the world’s foremost B2B marketing and lead generation company. One of the nation’s fastest-growing companies, we’ve made the Inc. 5000 list three years running and, most recently, have been listed as one of Entrepreneur’s 360 top entrepreneurial companies in America. At the root

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Label Insight - Creates product transparency at the intersection of consumers

Label Insight – Creates product transparency at the intersection of consumers, retailers and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands

Label Insight creates product transparency at the intersection of consumers, retailers and Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands. With industryleading CPG product attribute data covering more than 80 percent of topselling brands, Label Insight is trusted by the world’s biggest brands to fuel growth and create customer loyalty   Label Insight was founded with the mission

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LockerDome - An ad platform with a brain

LockerDome – An ad platform with a brain, designed specifically for performance-based advertising.

LockerDome is an ad platform with a brain, designed specifically for performance-based advertising. The brain behind the platform is Neo, an in-house AI, which uses machine learning to process billions of data points and make intelligent decisions.  Originally launched as a social media platform for sports, LockerDome garnered national attention when it began partnering with

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Logan University - In the heart of Chesterfield

Logan University – In the heart of Chesterfield, MO, they stand out as an award-winning university

In the heart of Chesterfield, MO, they stand out as an award-winning university that draws talent from every state and multiple countries. Offering seven degrees, including bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate, Logan University has become an international force in health sciences, providing educational opportunities with the potential to shape the landscape of health care.   Doctor

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MediBeacon - Revolutionizing Kidney Health

MediBeacon – Revolutionizing Kidney Health, Gastrointestinal Health, And Beyond

MediBeacon’s fluorescent pharmaceuticals enable physiological function monitoring at the point of care. The company’s transdermal kidney-function measurement system received FDA Breakthrough Designation and addresses a multi-billion-dollar unmet medical need. Use of MediBeacon technology in gastrointestinal health has been supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. MediBeacon, in a management buyout in 2012, acquired technology

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Missouri Partnership - A Public-Private Economic Development Organization

Missouri Partnership – A Public-Private Economic Development Organization

Founded in 2007, Missouri Partnership is a public-private economic development organization focused on attracting new jobs and investment to the state and promoting Missouri’s business strengths, working in partnership with the Hawthorn Foundation, the Missouri Department of Economic Development, the State of Missouri, and economic development agencies across the state.     Led by an

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Mobility for U® - St. Louis’ premier wheelchair accessible transportation service

Mobility for U® – St. Louis’ premier wheelchair accessible transportation service

Mobility for U® is St. Louis’ premier wheelchair accessible transportation service, renting ADA approved, wheelchair accessible minivans to families who need to safely transport their loved ones, providing them freedom from confinement. Visionary Mike Flotken founded Mobility for U® in 2011, when his own parents could no longer be safely lifted in and out of

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