Reducing African Poverty Through Microfinancing: The Work of Microfinancing Partners in AfricaMicrofinancing Partners in Africa, a St. Louis nonprofit, awards small loans in Sub-Saharan Africa to provide a hand up not a handout.
Meet the Entrepreneur: Allison MitchellAllison Mitchell never planned to be a handbag designer, but now it’s her full-time job and her bags are gaining notice.
Meet the Entrepreneur: Meghan Rohal, Christina Weaver, and The Women’s CreativeMeet the entrepreneurs behind The Women’s Creative which was formed to provide entrepreneurs with support, encouragement, and opportunities to sell their products and reach new audiences.
Meet the Entrepreneur: Sarah Hill and StoryUpHealium is the world’s first virtual and augmented reality platform powered by brainwaves and heart rate via consumer wearables. Learn about the company's mission with CEO Sarah Hill.
Kids and EntrepreneurshipCould your students facilitate this program in your community? Learn about a program focused on developing the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Empowering Women to Eradicate Poverty – A Conversation with Theresa CarringtonTheresa Carrington, CEO of Ten by Three, discusses the models it uses to eradicate poverty in third world villages, and the importance of empowering women to make a difference in those villages.
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 ViewInfrastructure and Your Town’s EconomyView this video from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis to see how infrastructure affects the economy of your town and every town.
Login to ViewHow a Business is BornWhat does it take to get a business started? Hear the story of one entrepreneur's journey from idea to location, look and opening the doors.
Login to ViewSteadyMD Expands Telehealth With Matching Engine That Pairs Patients with DoctorsMeet Guy Friedman, co-founder and CEO of SteadyMD, a telehealth company that matches patients with doctors.
Login to ViewDisruptel, Disrupting the Way We Watch TVMeet the young entrepreneur behind Context created by Disruptel, a start-up that hopes to disrupt the way we watch TV with smart AI-based products.
Login to ViewMeet the Entrepreneur: Jane VancilMeet Jane Vancil, founder and CEO of Incentilock which was founded to educate people and companies about incentives – and to make reporting and compliance much quicker and easier.
Login to ViewMeet the Entrepreneur: Jim McPherson and Outdoor MetrixOutdoorMetrix offers a hunt performance and wildlife management dashboard to make hunters, anglers and wildlife managers smarter and more effective by providing them with data analytics.
Login to ViewMeet the Entrepreneur: Jackie Wu and Corvus RoboticsJackie Wu, CEO of Corvus Robotics, explains how their drone technology is improving warehouse inventory management.
Login to ViewMeet the Entrepreneur: Aiden LivingstonAiden Livingston is CEO and founder of ThermoAI, a company using artificial intelligence and internet of things to optimize combustion for power plants and industry.
Login to ViewMeet the Entrepreneur: Keith FrankelMeet Keith Frankel, Co-Founder and CEO of Parlor, a customer collaboration platform for software companies.
Login to ViewMeet the Entrepreneur: Hilary JensenMeet Hilary Jensen, Obe Founder and CEO and discover Obe’s smart dog bowl, the ProBowl, that has a smart base that connects via WiFi to a smart phone app.
Login to ViewMeet the Entrepreneur: Karen Copeland and SammySoapThis is an amazing story about a mother who helped start a soap company, Sammy Soap, to bring a natural product to the community while helping adults who have intellectual disabilities.
Login to ViewMeet the Entrepreneur: Kyle Rood and Clint Matthews and Start Right FoodsIf anyone told Kyle Rood or Clint Mathews they’d be flipping waffles after graduating college, they wouldn’t have believed it. But that's what they're doing now as the entrepreneurs behind Start Rig...
Login to ViewMeet the Entrepreneur: Barnabas HelmyFrustration with remote controls is not uncommon. For entrepreneur Barnabas Helmy that frustration is real. So he set out to build a solution to take the average person a step closer to smart homes.
Login to ViewMeet the Entrepreneur: Avi Silverberg and My StrengthBookMeet the entrepreneurs behind MyStrengthBook, a company that works with athletes to create specialized training programs and provide advice from experts in their sport.
Login to ViewMeet the Entrepreneur: Ohun AsheMeet Ohun Ashe, a St. Louis activist who is providing the St. Louis community with an online black-owned business directory, ForTheCultureSTL.com.
Login to ViewMeet the Entrepreneur: Fady HawatmehMeet Fady Hawatmeh, a St. Louis native who moved away after college and said he’d never be back. However, he’s back now to grow his financial projection software company, Clockwork.
Login to ViewTeaching Children Financial Literacy with “Savannah’s Savings Jar”Meet Chelsea Addison who was inspired by her second grade class to write “Savannah’s Savings Jar,” her first in a collection of six books to help parents teach children financial literacy.
Login to ViewReal World Learning Outside the Classroom: High School CEOsThere’s a class at Webster Groves High School that teaches students to be entrepreneurs. Find out about this innovative program helping students think and work outside the high school halls.
Login to ViewThe Business of a Food PantryFood pantries provide a vital community service, but how do they operate as a successful business to continue that good work? See best practices Circle of Concern uses to ensure their success.
Login to ViewEntrepreneur’s Scientifically Backed ‘Vision’ for a Golf Ball is Now Part of PGA PlayLearn how Ray Barrett, with help from Dr. Carl Bassi, turned a realization about how his vision was affecting his golf game into a newly designed golf ball now used on the PGA Tour.
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 ViewThe Importance of Creating Pathways for Others—The McDonald’s PerspectiveJoan Elhoffer, owner of seven McDonald's Restaurants, shares the McDonald's perspective and policies on helping employees in their personal and professional growth.
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 ViewThe Economics of Education and Training Beyond High SchoolWe explore the topic: Education and Training Beyond High School: Why Does It Matter? with William Emmons, Assistant Vice President and Economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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.