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UM Veteran Startup Ventures

MU Extension is excited to offer the Veteran Startup Ventures program, designed to help veterans start and grow their own businesses. This course assists veterans in obtaining veteran-owned small business certification through the SBA while also providing tools to build a successful enterprise. This course is planning to launch on Mar 4th, 2025.

Engineering Extension

Engineering Extension uses engineering faculty and student expertise as well as linkages to other economic development outreach programs to deliver services via individual consultations, in-person or online education and community and regional-based programming for industry professionals.

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 APEX Accelerator

The Missouri APEX Accelerator helps businesses — including small, disadvantaged, veteran and women owned firms — obtain federal, state and local government contracts

January 7, 2025 - February 25, 2025

Early Stage Business Boot Camp - Perryville - 8 Week Program

January 7, 2025

Proof 2 Profit

January 15, 2025

Quarterly Connect & Collaborate

January 15, 2025

Quarterly Connect & Collaborate (LOZ)

Serving those who served

November 8, 2024

Show-Me MO Success podcast: MO Pac Lumber looks to the future

September 6, 2024

Show-Me MO Success podcast: Choose Greater Health supports brain injury survivors

September 5, 2024

Farm business operators can tackle labor crunch with seasonal workers

June 20, 2024

Tools to Build Your Agritourism Business (PDF)

This toolkit can help you create or reassess your business path as you respond to customer demand, create value propositions and build a communications strategy.

24/7 Missouri

Helping business navigate government. (Formerly Missouri Business Portal)

ASSIST Database

ASSIST is a robust, comprehensive website used by standardization management activities to develop, coordinate, distribute and manage defense and federal specifications and standards, military handbooks, commercial item descriptions, data item descriptions, and related technical documents prepared in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Defense Standardization Program (DSP). Besides DoD-prepared documents, ASSIST also has selected international standardization agreements, such as NATO standards ratified by the United States and International Test Operating Procedures.

Basic Joint Certification Program Certification video

Learn the steps for completing the DD Form 2345 (USA version) in this United States Joint Certification Office video. This form is the military critical technical data agreement for U.S. vendors who want joint certification.