Entrepreneurs

Brandin Vaughn didn’t intend to get in the mask-making business. In fact, he was kind of dreading it.“It’s really not something that I like doing. You…

Arriel Biggs always knew she wanted to be an entrepreneur. But the journey to becoming the founder of Young Biz Kidz, an organization that teaches kids to…

Sarah Schlafly isn’t squeamish when it comes to eating insects.For her, crickets are just “land shrimp.”The St. Louis-based entrepreneur co-founded Mighty…

Calling all arts entrepreneurs in the St. Louis region: the third-annual stARTup Creative Competition is underway. A $20,000 prize is at stake.The Arts…

When four young entrepreneurs in Singapore realized that they needed to go beyond the internet to sell new products, they opened a store called We The…

Jim McKelvey has come to the rescue of the St. Louis maker movement.Today, the serial entrepreneur officially opened MADE, a 32,000-square-foot building…

There have been many ribbon cuttings in the Cortex district this year. The debut of a new MetroLink station, a new building called Innovation Hall and the…

More than 400 researchers, entrepreneurs and investors are expected to attend Ag Innovation Showcase this week, the 10th year it’s been hosted by the…

In 1888, a young, African-American woman left Louisiana to join her brothers in St. Louis.The future Madam C.J. Walker earned a living by doing laundry,…

A hotel designed for millennials and young professionals is coming to the Cortex innovation district in St. Louis. Officials held a groundbreaking…