Moore Hair Salon brings the beauty parlor home
A new, traveling salon is providing a variety of salon services to individuals who cannot go out and have the traditional salon experience. Katrina Moore established Moore Hair Salon LLC Home Hair Care Service to help people that are physically or mentally confined to their homes feel pampered and beautiful. Moore has been a professional […]
April: A Closer Look
Big Tree Beard Co. A proper gentleman must maintain a well-kept beard. This is the concept behind Columbia online startup Big Tree Beard Co., a “maker of fine beard oils” promising “handcrafted radness for your beard.” Customers can choose sweet mint, citrus-lavender or backwoods scented oils for $18 a bottle or all three for $45. […]
Tin Can Technologies joins the IT crowd
Local company Tin Can Technologies has been around for less than a year, but it’s already taking the stage as a go-to custom software development company, with a customer base ranging everywhere from Columbia to Las Vegas. Columbia residents Chad Haney and Anna Swacker founded the business in May of 2014 and specialize in creating […]
Lift Division has a culture of change
The vibrant, glossy offices at Lift Division reflect the type of cool, adaptive and modern atmosphere the company emanates. The people at Lift Division are masters of change; their entire careers revolve around the constantly shifting digital landscape. The company itself has also been evolving since its establishment in 2010 and has undergone new management, […]
April: Briefly in the News
Donut City Donuts announced a franchise agreement for the development of two Dunkin’ Donuts and one Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins combination restaurant in Columbia and Jefferson City. The first location is scheduled to open this summer at 3100 Providence Road in Columbia, and the remaining two restaurants are planned to open in 2017. The Columbia […]
April: Movers and Shakers
Piyusha Singh Singh was named Columbia College’s first vice president of online education. In the newly created position, Singh will oversee online course development, staff oversight and management systems for Columbia College’s extensive online campus. Singh was previously associate dean of the school of liberal arts at Excelsior College. Brad Spears MidwayUSA promoted Spears […]
PYSK: Raja Bhattacharya
Name: Raja Bhattacharya Title and company/organization: Director, Steve and Barbara Fishman Center for Entrepreneurship, Columbia College Age: 43 Years lived in Columbia/mid-Missouri: Less six months Original hometown: Kathmandu, Nepal Education: MBA, Western Kentucky University Gordon Ford College of Business, Fellowship in Entrepreneurship, University of Kentucky Community involvement: Because I recently moved to Columbia, I am […]
March: Briefly in the News
Blind Boone The 2015 Blind Boone Piano Concert Series began on Jan. 26 and will feature six shows throughout the year running through mid-September. LaQuist+Solea Water Columbia-based LaQuist boutique has teamed up with nonprofit Solea Water to create a custom shoe line. With every pair of shoes sold through LaQuist+Solea Water, $15 will go […]
March: A Closer Look
AboutFace Photo Booth and Rentals LLC AboutFace Photo Booth and Rentals LLC is dedicated to making parties and special events more memorable. The woman-owned small business provides a variety of photo booth services including open-air booths with backdrops, a green screen with the ability to customize backdrops and a traditional photo booth. AboutFace’s services also […]
March: Movers and Shakers
Visionworks Marketing Group drives the industry
The first time Lili Vianello worked for a marketing agency was the day she co-founded Visionworks. Now, 20 years later, as Visionworks Marketing Group’s “top dog,” Vianello and her team are taking Columbia’s marketing industry by storm. Visionworks is a full-service agency, providing everything from radio to TV to search engine optimization and Web presence […]
The Way We Do Business
Atkins Inc. has changed in more ways than one since its birth almost 90 years ago. What started as a small janitorial company has now expanded to a thriving business with a customer base spanning a 75-mile radius around its headquarters in Columbia. Atkins Inc., with services that range from pest control to janitorial services, […]