Conference for Entrepreneurial Women
Set for Feb. 25-26 on MU Campus

Columbia, Mo. — In Good Company, a two-day conference for entrepreneurial women, starts at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, at the Reynolds Alumni Center on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia. The Monday evening session runs until 8 p.m.; the Tuesday session runs from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Among the topics covered during the event: financing a business, market research, franchising, employee recruiting and retention, marketing, branding, and government contracting. Guest speakers will be Brenda Newberry, founder and CEO of the St. Charles-based IT firm The Newberry Group, and Michelle Stauffer, founder and CEO of Kansas Aircraft Corp.

Conference cost is $79 ($99 the day of the event), which covers all meals, materials and sessions. For more information and registration contact the University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at www.missouribusiness.net/ucie or call 573-882-7096.

Sponsors for the event include the Missouri Small Business & Technology Development Centers, the Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance Centers, the Missouri Women's Council, UCIE, the Small Business Administration, Commerce Bank, University of Missouri Extension, KRCG-TV, Missouri Employers Mutual, the Columbia Business Times, the Bank of Missouri and Williams-Keepers LLC.

This story was featured in the February 2008 newsletter