Missouri Small Business Success Stories

Learn how the services offered by MO SBTDC specialists helped Missouri businesses achieve success.

Impact

Clients assisted by the SBTDC:

generate sales and jobs that return more tax revenues than the cost of the SBTDC program;

value SBTDC assistance highly; and

raise millions of dollarsin new capital.

Via its statewide network of SBTDC centers, in fiscal year 2008 the system served:

2,417 clients in 17,488 hours of counseling

12,764 attendees at SBTDC-sponsored training events, for a total of 1,152 sessions totaling 10,234 hours

produces fireworks and choreographs professional pyrotechnics displays

Brick City Custom Works: Mexico
custom motorcycle repair and service shop
Hammer Collections: Springfield
employs computer software and information technology to resolve and prevent payment delinquencies
InnovaPrep LLC: Drexel
aerosol researchers developing technology to aid detection systems for biodefense, medical diagnostics, food and beverage industries
Language Solutions, Inc.: St. Louis
translation technology and multi-lingual communications services to assist other businesses reach a global market
Lytmos Group LLC: Lee's Summit
provides peer review and grants management support to organizations that sponsor high technology R&D
Nanoparticle BioChem Inc.: Columbia
research and production of nanoparticle-based product
Nanova Inc.: Columbia
research on biomaterials, nanonstructured materials, composites and medical devices
NEMS/MEMS Works LLC: Columbia
engineering researchers developing early-stage prototypes of nanotechnology
OsteoGeneX: Kansas City
drug research and biotech commercialization
PureFlow Technologies, Inc.: Jefferson City
produces and markets a diesel engine fuel efficiency device
QM Power Inc.: Greenwood
developing magnetic force control technology
Research & Tractor Technology Inc.: St. Joseph
developer of an alternative power source for lawn tractors
Sign Designs: Joplin
designs and manufactures custom signs
Technology and Networking: Cape Girardeau
computer technology and telecommunications sales and services

Longitude Health Inc.: Columbia
wellness company promoting team approach to healthy lifestyles for employers
Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction: Columbia
program focused on health benefits of interaction between humans and animals