BizJournal 💲📰

The startup's sale comes as the company has shifted to a new sales strategy and its founder seeks out new endeavors.

St. Louis Public Schools announced Monday its final three candidates for superintendent. The school district's three finalists are Jermaine Dawson, chief academic and accountability officer at Birmingham City Schools; Keisha Scarlett, chief academic officer and assistant superintendent of academics at Seattle Public Schools; and Nicole Williams, interim superintendent at St. Louis Public Schools. Williams, who currently leads the district, took the place of former superintendent Kelvin Adams when…

There is one week left to submit your nomination for the St. Louis Business Journal's 2023 Innovation in Philanthropy Awards, a program that celebrates innovative partnerships between nonprofit organizations and local companies.

A St. Louis-based provider of physical therapy services has opened its third local clinic and plans further expansion.

With the deal's close, Clayton-based health care giant Centene launches a multiyear partnership with Virginia-based Evolent Health.

With the start of legal recreational marijuana sales fast approaching, local government officials are jockeying for the position to reap sales tax revenues. When Missouri voters approved changes to the state constitution last fall, they created an option for local governments to assess a 3% sales tax on cannabis. The constitutional amendment only allowed one level of local government to collect the tax, leaving officials in St. Louis County and Manchester to squabble over which municipality would…

The Ferguson-based automation and software firm said it will pursue a buyout of the Austin-based company without nominating a slate of directors for election at the takeover target's upcoming annual meeting, while keeping its bid the same.

As a startup, finding and procuring funding for your business is a vital step to enable growth. Impressing potential investors is only the first step in securing funding. Passing the due diligence process is just as important as putting together a stunning pitch deck. To ensure this all-important discovery phase goes well, avoid the red flags that may cause venture capital and angel investors to back out of a potential partnership. Eventually, startups will require more funding than friends and…

A private equity firm based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, has invested in the Midtown-based company, along with its executive leadership and second-generation family owner.

The Equifax Workforce Solutions division of Equifax has been headquartered in St. Louis, operating out of multiple office buildings.

Mehlville School District's superintendent has announced plans to retire, effective Aug. 31.

A union representing workers has the two plants said Energizer has plans to close them. The company hasn't publicly disclosed intentions to shut down the facilties.

Attorney Mark Milton, who represents the six plaintiffs, and co-counsel W. Bevis Schock are evaluating whether to seek class-action status for nonresident taxpayers. A previous ruling denied class-action status, but Milton said an option is to ask the state Court of Appeals to reverse that ruling.

The "historic action" by Southwest's pilots union comes less than four weeks after the airline canceled more than 16,000 flights during a holiday operations meltdown in December.

World Wide Technology, the region’s second-largest private company by revenue, has turned to a former Emerson Electric Co. executive to fill a key c-suite post.

The historically black university has appointed Kristy Daniels as director of its Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Brandi Brooks as director of its Minority Entrepreneurship Collaborative Center for Advancement.

The retail chain is one of the most recognizable names in the country, but it's been closing stores for years as it tries to catch up with consumer trends.

Matt LaMartina has fond memories of growing up, riding in the plumbing truck with his father, Tony LaMartina. “There were the smells and the sound it made as it’s going down the road, full of parts and equipment,” Matt LaMartina recalled. LaMartina said his father often would tell him: “This business is going to die with me.” That appeared to be the case for a decade or more, until Matt LaMartina pursued his Master of Business Administration degree at Washington University and decided…

The local staffing industry is thriving. Revenue grew 24% from 2021 to 2022, driven by a national labor shortage. We sat down with recruiting and staffing experts to find out how your firm can best recruit and retain talent.

On the second day of camp in the Ozarks at Wah-Kon-Dah, all of us, all 8 years old, were marched off to the infirmary. We all lined up to be weighed. I was last.