The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis is the leader in entrepreneurial support services and legislative advocacy for Hispanic small businesses and professionals in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. In 2018, it was recognized as “Large Chamber of the Year,” by the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. In 2019, it was named the […]
The current buzzword in education at all levels is STEM—Science, Technology, Engineering , and Mathematics. According to the Diversity in Tech Summit, HBCUs produce 27% of African-American STEM graduates and are key to diversifying the tech industry. , At Harris-Stowe State University, we have been concentrating our efforts in STEM disciplines for many
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Covo is a beautiful, welcoming place to grow your business, complete with a diverse and inclusive community of incredible entrepreneurs who are propelling St. Louis forward. Our space is wrapped around Trust, a craft cocktail bar in our gorgeous, historic gem of a building. Enjoy Covo from $2/ hr for drop-in to $400/month for a
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The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis works to enrich lives and inspire curiosity, creativity, and learning through experiences with contemporary art. We showcase work being made today for today’s audiences—art that reflects the world around us, and helps connect us to the most salient issues of our time. We are a launchpad for artists—many of
Elasticity is a St. Louis digital marketing agency focused on innovative tech startups. Unlike most agencies, they operate in part like a think tank by creating ideas for clients and companies independently, which may then be sold or licensed out. Elasticity is also proud of their multicultural D&I (diversity and inclusion) group, which has gone
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Ola Ayeni, the founder of St. Louis–based coding boot camp Claim Academy, proves that necessity is the mother of invention. Ayeni, a Nigerian immigrant and serial entrepreneur, faced numerous obstacles when trying to bring his ideas to life. An Arch Grant toward his venture Eateria brought him to St. Louis, but a lack of software
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Connections to Success helps families break the cycle of generational poverty by providing support to its participants as they move from entrylevel jobs to a family living wage. Through its wide variety of programming, Connections to Success empowers people to achieve the dreams they have for themselves and for their children. , Before
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BioSTL is St. Louis’ bioscience industry leader, driving a new innovation economy by building upon the region’s world-class medical and plant science, training entrepreneurs, investing in startups, building companies, establishing avenues to capital, providing free access to state-of-the-art labs, connecting globally, developing an inclusive workforce, and shaping sound public policy. Startups + Capital + People
BioGenerator, the investment arm of BioSTL, creates, grows, and invests in promising St. Louis startups and entrepreneurs. Honored by the St. Louis Business Journal as the 2019 Investor of the Year, BioGenerator has, to date, invested $23M into 79 St. Louis startups, which have raised a combined $880M. BioGenerator de-risks commercially viable innovations and makes
In the United States alone, there was one trillion dollars of waste in the $3.6 trillion-dollar total healthcare spend for 2018. While healthcare waste can occur for many reasons, it’s clear that many of the problems lead to economic instability, reduced care quality and operational inefficiencies in the healthcare industry. , Health Catalyst’s founders, Tom
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It was August 2017, and there was a knock on Ryan Smith’s door. On the other side was Ryan Allred, an acquaintance from church. Hurricane Harvey had just flooded the Smith’s Houston-area home, and Ryan Allred was there – unprompted – to help with cleanup efforts. Over the coming days, the two Ryans would grow
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Kiln is a coworking space, founded in Utah that intends to find the limits of our imagination. History has taught us many things. We have all heard the stories of great men and women who had a marvelous idea that sparked a flurry of innovation. From the telephone to the lightbulb, the narrative has often
Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Slopes, 42Chat creates Mobile AI Chatbots that allow companies to provide instant answers and personalized connection over text. As the market leader in deep conversational chatbots for live events, 42Chat is revolutionizing the attendee experience by providing 24/7 interaction and engagement via SMS, Web Messenger, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and
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Though 95% of their employee base is in Utah, they’re now expanding into Brazil and Australia and having tremendous success in these countries. Podium was founded in Lehi, Utah, in 2014. Today it helps over 40,000 businesses improve their customer interactions. But before it was named one of Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies, its
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RipeConcepts is a world-class outsourcing boutique for all things digital, with a core in creative, graphic design, web, animation, 3D modeling and back-office solutions. They can work with anyone, from startups to Fortune 500’s and pride themselves on being twice as fast and HALF the cost of US domestic providers. RipeConcepts grew out of the
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At Weave, we know that a personal, human connection will always outweigh an automated, canned response for today’s businesses who are truly trying to connect with their customers. We know this because we also learned firsthand while building our business about the value in timely, personalized communication. Nothing is better than a call or text
The future of the St. Louis entrepreneurial ecosystem will be deeper levels of corporate and startup engagement through structured programs. Corporates struggle to innovate and they must look to startups to assist them with this process. Startups have the ability to be nimble and adapt to new technological trends that can become massive disruptors, whereas
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When I started at Maritz as the behavioral innovation director, I was asked to introduce myself on stage to the entire company. I’ll admit, I was brand new, and speaking authentically to this huge group of people was a little intimidating. I decided to talk about my grandfathers, because I inherited a set of values
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Capital Innovators provides top-ranked accelerator programs, venture fund management, and corporate innovation. It manages funds focused on technology, consumer products, and energy technology and sources the most cutting-edge startups from around the globe for investment and assists in scaling its companies to success. Capital Innovators Accelerator program has been ranked as one of the top
Black Dress Circle, founded by Erin Joy, is an innovative organization that specializes in creating and facilitating roundtable groups of female entrepreneurs. Black Dress Circles® help guide, empower, and support women as they address the specific challenges and opportunities that come with emerging, evolving, and leading companies. As a child, Erin Joy played office under
Innovation is best achieved when you align it with your competitive advantage—what you do that nobody else could do better. When you focus on your competitive advantage and open yourself to think creatively about trying to best yourself. If copying others is best practice, then besting yourself is next practice—creating what does not yet exist.
Sekhar Prabhakar worked for several years in Silicon Valley before moving to St. Louis when his wife took a job here. It was in St. Louis that he remembered his father’s dream for him to be an entrepreneur. So he started a consulting company and has since discovered the joy of being involved with clients
With innovation comes opportunity. With growth comes challenge. With new products, new services, and new markets, growing companies are faced with a wide range of real-world complexities: funding needs, regulatory concerns, process inefficiencies, and more. Marie Carlie Partner, Tax 314-889-1140 / [email protected] BDO can help. Our professionals help 100s of companies throughout the St. Louis
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In the world of business, the words “disrupt, innovate, and transform” have become the new normal. For companies looking to make their mark, digital transformation is now the pathway to create revenue and new value, increase profitability, and improve employee and customer retention. It can also help remove IT complexities, risks, and barriers to innovation,
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