Building a Business as a Woman of Color – The Importance of Hard Work and High StandardsLaurna Godwin, Emmy award winning journalist and Founder/President of Vector Communications, discusses the challenges she faced when starting her business and how she overcame them.
Building a Career – A Conversation with Joan ElhofferLearn what it means to build a career and run a business as Joan Elhoffer, owner of seven McDonald's Restaurants, shares her journey from age 16 counter worker to being an owner/operator today.
A Conversation with Caryn Dugan, STLVegGirlRooted deep in the St. Louis food and wellness scene, Caryn Dugan is STLVegGirl, a plant-based nutrition, culinary and lifestyle educator with a simple mission, “A Plant on Every Plate™.”
Login to ViewPlowsharing Crafts: Making a Difference around the WorldMeet the people behind Plowsharing Crafts and learn why and how they chose to participate in the growing Fair Trade Mission to help artisans and tradespeople in developing countries.
Login to ViewNeighborhood Leadership Academy Launching OpportunitiesMeet Darren and Charlene Young, recent graduates of the Neighborhood Leadership Academy, and find out how they are employing what they learned to grow their business and help their community.
Login to ViewBig Heart Tea Co. Makes Ethical, Sustainable Herb & Spices Sourcing MainstreamSee how Big Heart Tea Company is growing from a local company to one with international reach as they launch a herbal marketplace dedicated to ethical and transparent sourcing of herbs and spices.
Login to ViewWhat Qualities and Skills Do You Think Are Most Important to Being a Small Business Owner?Laurna Godwin, Emmy award winning journalist and Founder/President of Vector Communications, describes skills and qualities she believes essential to running a small business.
Login to ViewMy Journey from McDonald’s Fry Cook to Owner/OperatorJoan Elhoffer, owner of seven McDonald's Restaurants, shares what it was like to move from a counter worker to a franchise owner/operator.
Login to ViewHow the Artisan and You Technology Works to Help Both Artisan and ConsumerTheresa Carrington, CEO of Ten by Three, explains how their Artisan and You Technology connects the village artisan creating a product for their company to the consumer who purchased it.
Login to ViewHow Eradicating Poverty by Empowering Women Changes the Perception and Treatment of WomenTheresa Carrington, CEO of Ten by Three, shares how empowering women to become artisans and entrepreneurs positively impacts their perception and treatment.
Login to ViewThe Unique Challenges of Being a Woman Working to Empower Women in Third World CountriesTheresa Carrington, CEO of Ten by Three, discusses the unique challenges of being a woman working with third world women in an often male-dominated society.
Login to ViewThe Importance of Empowering Women to Eradicate PovertyTheresa Carrington, CEO of Ten by Three, discusses the value and success of focusing on women to help raise their families and villages out of third world poverty.
Login to ViewThe Ten by Three Model for Bringing People Out of PovertyTheresa Carrington, CEO of Ten by Three, discusses the Prosperity Wages and Graduate from Poverty models her company uses to empower women to start businesses and raise themselves and their villages ...
Login to ViewThe Importance of Social Media in Marketing a BusinessCaryn Dugan, entrepreneur and owner of her own plant-based nutrition and life-style business, discusses how social media really helped her grow her business.
Login to ViewTips on Seeking Advice to Help You Start Your BusinessCaryn Dugan, entrepreneur and owner of her own plant-based nutrition and life-style business, shares her perspective on the value of getting advice from mentors as you start your own business.
Login to ViewThe Challenges of Starting My Own BusinessCaryn Dugan, entrepreneur and owner of her own plant-based nutrition and life-style business, discusses the challenges and obstacles she faced when starting her business.
Login to ViewEntrenched Economic Factors and their Effects on Economic InequalitiesProfessor Geoff Ward, Washington University in St. Louis, describes how institutions and practices entrenched in our economic system make it difficult to address issues of income inequality.
Login to ViewWhat is Entrepreneurship?Darcella Craven, director of the Veterans Business Resource Center, explains what entrepreneurship is.
Login to ViewGetting a Small Business Off the Ground – Bridge Bread BakerySocial entrepreneur Fred Domke shares how he started Bridge Bread Bakery, his enterprise committed to helping the homeless.
Login to ViewChanging Face of ManufacturingStudent inventors and manufacturing professionals from World Wide Technology explore how the relationship between technology, automation, and the manufacturing process continues to evolve.
Login to ViewMakers Valley Democratizes ManufacturingMeet the founders of Makers Valley and learn about their company's unique approach to fashion design and production.
Login to ViewWhere Does an Effective Marketing Strategy Come From?Learn from corporate marketing specialists and others creating new products as they describe processes they use to develop marketing strategies.
Login to ViewChoosing a LogoStudents describe the reasons they chose the logo they did for a new app they are developing.
Login to ViewData Science and Information Technology in ManufacturingA corporate manufacturing specialists describes how data science, IT, and automation are transforming the manufacturing space.
Login to ViewBruton Stroube Story (Member Created Video)Go behind the scenes of an advertising agency.
Login to ViewWhen Did That Happen? EconomicsLearn about historic events in the history of economics, business, and industry.
Login to ViewMeet an Economist from the Federal Reserve SystemExplore the structure, purposes, and functions of the Federal Reserve System with David Andolfatto, Vice President and Economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Login to ViewExplore! EconomicsInvestigate the big picture question “How do businesses get started and how do they affect the economy?” with a business owner and an economist as we explore the role of entrepreneurs and the economi...
Login to ViewEconomics of a City’s InfrastructureLearn about the economic impact of a city's underground infrastructure.