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Below are recent updates on MissouriBusiness.net available from our RSS feed:

• Success story: Snyder Brace Inc.
  Mid-Missouri pediatric brace specialist establishes business with help from SBTDC
  
  
• Business Going Green: Building green
  As energy prices rise, consumers are taking a greater interest in green building, and government is making it worth their while to start investing in green technology now. Green building offers a sustainable solution to our current economic and energy concerns.
  
  
• Missouri Business eNews: Jan. 2010
  The January issue of the MissouriBusiness.net newsletter is now online.
  
  
• Ask a Specialist: 2009 mileage rate
  Question: What is the 2009 mileage rate to use for calculating auto expenses when traveling for business? Did it change during 2009?
  
  
• 2010 promotion calendar
  Tips for using the 2010 retail promotion calendar to market your business with major events, promotions and holidays. Includes 2010 calendar.
  
  
• Success story: B.K. Bakery LLC
  Pastry chef comes home to start upscale bakery in Jefferson City, Missouri
  
  
• How to avoid burnout and improve time management
  Tips to help business owners and managers avoid burnout and strategies for self-management.
  
  
• Business Going Green: The neighborhood grocery
  Concerned about food safety, factory farms, and their own environmental footprint, many Missouri consumers are looking to the past for a greener future as small grocery stores pop up in St. Louis, Jefferson City and Columbia.
  
  
• Success story: Longitude Health Inc.
  Dr. Jan Swaney, co-founder and chief medical officer for Columbia-based Longitude Health Inc., has received guidance from the MU SBTDC staff in pursuit of grant funding from the National Institutes of Health via MoTIP.
  
  
• IRS roundup on recordkeeping
  What kind of records should small business owners keep?
  
  
• Ask a Specialist: Dissolving an LLC
  Four steps to follow to discontinue a Limited Liability Company.
  
  
• SBA news: Online procurement training
  SBA launches online training course on winning federal contracts.
  
  
• Business Going Green: Mizzou's pollution prevention internship program
  MU engineering students help Missouri companies cut costs, prevent pollution
  
  
• Success story: DT Search & Designs LLC
  Bill Junk, president of St. Joseph-based DT Search & Designs LLC, found the knowledge and advice of UMKC-based MO PTAC procurement specialist Donna Leonard to be invaluable in the company's pursuit of government contracts for its military communications system.
  
  
• Increase retail revenues
  10 low cost ideas for window displays
  
  
• Business Going Green
  Kansas City consultant designs to benefit the environment, reduce cost, increase profits.
  
  
• IRS roundup on home office tax deduction
  Five important tips the IRS wants you to know about claiming the home office deduction.
  
  
• Kauffman Foundation study findings on credit card debt
  Study finds credit card debt weighs on survivability chances of small businesses.
  
  
• Success story: Research & Tractor Technology Inc.
  UMKC SBTDC client Andy DeShon has spent more than 10 years in research and development to perfect a practical and marketable electric-powered lawn tractor.
  
  
• Making lemonade in the current economy
  A review of steps to refine your business marketing plan by following five basic rules.
  
  

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