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The University of Missouri Extension Business Development Program assists businesses throughout the state. The programs below are what make the Missouri Business Development Program and provide assistance to most industries. Learn more by clicking on a program.

Events

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Selling to the Government: The First Steps

Sept. 28, 2020

| 8:30 am - 12:00 pm

Saint Louis, MO

This event is now a Zoom eventThe federal government awards more than $400 billion dollars in contracts annually to small business owners. Are you ready to market yourself to the world's largest customer? This three-hour seminar offers an overview of ...

FireUP Your HR for Small Business

Sept. 30, 2020

| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm

MO

Seize the opportunity to develop real-time human resource (HR) tools in order to get better results and gain a distinct competitive edge. The FireUP Your HR series will address COVID-19 impacts on your employees and workplace, help you solve HR ...

FireUP Your HR: Workplace Combustion: COVID-19 Heats Things Up

Sept. 30, 2020

| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm

MO

Has COVID lit your business on fire? Join us to learn how to take control of your workforce and fire up your HR. Learn how businesses are forging new ways and creating new opportunities.For Information please contact Sherry Noller at ...

Managing Forward series: Disaster Planning for Small Businesses

Oct. 1, 2020

| 11:30 am - 1:00 pm

MO

According to the SBA, approximately 25 percent of businesses don’t reopen after a major disaster. This course focuses on how small businesses can develop a plan for disaster management and recovery. The series is funded by the Cares Act in response ...

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Publications

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Break-even Pricing, Revenue and Units

Publication date: Sept. 1, 2020

For a value-added agricultural business, break-even pricing informs how to price a value-added product. If a product’s market-accepted sales price is greater than its break-even price, then the business can feel more confident in the financial ...

Landowners’ Guide to Lease Hunting in Missouri

Publication date: Aug. 1, 2020

Figure 1. A hunting lease provides an opportunity for a landowner to supplement their farm income and enhance wildlife habitat.An increasing number of landowners in Missouri are interested in providing access for sportsmen and others to hunt, fish ...

Designing a Farm Resume for Print and Online

Publication date: Aug. 1, 2020

In the past few decades, agriculture has experienced enormous change. The 2017 Census of Agriculture shows a decrease in the number of farms and a slight increase in average farm size. At the same time, the average age of all U.S. farm producers has ...

Communicating With Landowners

Publication date: Aug. 1, 2020

The 2017 U.S. Census of Agriculture indicated that 40 percent of all U.S. agricultural land is rented. Farm tenants increasingly compete for farmland as they seek to grow their operations and capture economies of scale. At the same time, a growing ...

Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy: Retailer Toolkit

Publication date: July 1, 2016

Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy is a comprehensive, community-based program that enables communities to improve access to healthy foods by working with a small food retailer.Food retailers of all sizes can play an important role in improving access to ...

Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy: Community Toolkit

Publication date: July 1, 2016

Stock Healthy, Shop Healthy is a comprehensive, community-based program that enables communities to improve access to healthy foods by working with a small food retailer. The most effective strategy for addressing food access is twofold. It involves ...

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Online courses

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Starting a Small Business-The First Steps

online $0.00

This self-directed course provides information on the steps necessary to start a new business in Missouri. There are a total of ten steps addressing legal considerations, planning, licensing and registrations, and financing. The Missouri SBDC is ...

Business Plan Basics

July 1, 2020

online $0.00

Business Plan Basics is a self-paced course that describes the importance of a business plan and the planning process as well as the four fundamental topics any business plan must address. Access to LivePlan through the SBDC and the alignment of the ...

Government Contracting Basics

July 1, 2020

online $0.00

Government Contracting Basics is self-paced course that explains the process to obtain government contracts. Questions can be answered and follow-on assistance provided by contacting the nearest Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance Center. ...

Closing Your Business

online $0.00

The purpose of course is strictly to provide information and knowledge. There are no prerequisite knowledge and competencies. If the time comes, for whatever reason, to close a business it requires more than just locking the doors and walking away. ...

Creating a Legacy-Preparing Your Business for Succession

online $0.00

This self-paced course consisting of 3 modules, each less than 15 minutes long, will help the student understand the challenges of preparing to transition their business to a new owner when they decide it is time to leave. The transition process is ...

Fundamentals of Supervision

Aug. 3, 2020 - July 1, 2021

online $240.00

Transitioning to a supervisory role can be difficult; it can be challenging to be the boss of those who used to be your peers. As an individual contributor, you developed specific technical expertise that made you proficient in completing ...

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Featured programs

Growing Agribusiness Sustainably

The Growing Agribusiness Sustainably program strives to double the value of Missouri agriculture by 2030.

Mid-America Trade Adjustment Assistance Center

Helping manufacturers in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska respond to import competition through cost share grant funding and support.

Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance Centers

MO PTAC helps businesses - including small, disadvantaged, veteran and women-owned firms - obtain federal, state and local government contracts.

Missouri Small Business Development Centers

Helping businesses at every stage from concept to startup, growth to renewal, mature to succession succeed through counseling, training and access to technology.

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