Our Inno Under 25 feature, launched last year, is designed to spotlight some of St. Louis’ up-and-coming innovators. This year’s 10 honorees certainly meet the mission of the program. They’ve started businesses, helped big brands advance their innovation and have overcome adversity to make an impact at such a young age.
As a former collegiate baseball player, Jack Hanley developed an app to show hitting trends of his competition. Now he's employing his use of data to help the Cardinals' on-field performance.
Since joining Capital Innovators, Brett Luing has been instrumental in the application and investment process for its accelerator programs, including its NGA Accelerator, which launched last year. He has placed a focus on seeking to introduce companies from across the globe to St. Louis, with four international companies being a part of Capital Innovators last two cohorts.
Prior to the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, Juliana Scheidhauer was working on a business venture focused on bringing new technology and innovation to martial arts studios. But when the pandemic shut down workout facilities, she had to pivot. Here's what she did next.
Maddy Singleton is more than just an entrepreneur. While she has helped launch a local technology startup, she's also made it a priority to bring others into the innovation economy, launching a student group to nurture entrepreneurship
After graduating from Washington State University in 2019, Kenneth Eversole landed a job at Boeing, but believed he could have a greater impact moving back to the St. Louis region. He's doing that, both professionally and as a volunteer.
A native of Salvador, Brazil, who moved to Sao Paulo in his mid-20s, Eduardo Platon in January became the new president and CEO of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan St. Louis. The author and business executive talked about his life and his impressions of St. Louis.
Dear Lou,
I know you have grown weary of the problems before you. I know that at times you are energized by the discussions on how to move you forward and at other times it all becomes overwhelming to the point that it’s easier to look the other way.
Do not look away.
Do not lessen your standards. Do not slip back into comfortableness and complacency or lower your head in defeat thinking the problems are just too big to solve or that some things will never change.
Things can always change…
Biden praised Labor Secretary Marty Walsh's "tireless, around-the-clock efforts" in a statement announcing the the tentative agreement to avert a potentially economically devastating strike.
The St. Louis region is losing out on as much as $28,000 a day the longer a settlement from Rams owner Stan Kroenke sits in a low-interest bearing account, and a member of the Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority board says city and county leaders have not agreed to move ahead with a plan to stop it.
The 11-member board met Wednesday and voted unanimously to seek a request for proposal (RFP) on how to move about $513 million into a high-interest bearing account. Right now, the money…
Major League Soccer expansion franchise St. Louis City SC said late Wednesday that a match scheduled for Sunday at its Downtown West stadium has been relocated, denying fans a peek inside the new Centene Stadium.
St. Louis has become more dangerous for walkers, cyclists and drivers, including along the South Grand business district. First, drivers must be punished more for reckless behavior. But other steps, like increased programming and driver education, should also be part of the solution.
Apartments and other additional Cortex developments could be closer to reality after a commission recommended extending an incentives district, with an understanding that it would review additional projects. The area's alderwoman, Tina Pihl, was still opposed, saying the extension is "not fair" to other developers.
United Airlines has partnered with Southern Illinois University Carbondale in a deal to provide training for SIU students to more easily become pilots needed by the airline.
According to the school, SIUC's School of Aviation is joining the Chicago airline's (Nasdaq: UAL) Aviate pilot-training program. Twelve other U.S. colleges are also part of the Aviate training program, none of which are in Illinois or Missouri.
SIUC said its aviation students and certified flight instructors in the program…
A former Bayer Crop Science executive has taken over as CEO of St. Louis agriculture technology startup Plastomics Inc., where she'll focus on commercializing its crop improvement technology.
One of the St. Louis region's largest operators of senior living facilities has hired for a newly created post that officials say is "extremely uncommon in aging services."
The workers claim the e-commerce giant is "not even trying" to live up to its claim as being the best employer on the planet. Here's how much more they believe they should be paid.
Fans purchasing tickets with hopes to see Albert Pujols become the fourth member of Major League Baseball's 700 home run club can expect to pay more to get inside Busch Stadium. Ticket prices on the secondary market have climbed in recent days.
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