Springfield Business Journal_2019-03-25

Travis Beazley SVP/Managing Director of SBA Lending Welcoming Regent Bank is excited to welcome Travis Beazley as Senior Vice President and Managing Director of SBA Lending. Travis will lead Regent Bank’s SBA lending efforts in Springfield and will also manage SBA lending in all Regent Bank markets. Give us a call at: (417) 886-1330 3271 E. Battlefield Rd. Suite 100 www.regent. bank 32 · SBJ.NET MARCH 25-31, 2019 313 Park Central West, Springfield, Mo. 65806 PO Box 1365, Springfield, Mo. 65801 Phone: (417) 831-3238 · Fax: (417) 864-4901 www.sbj.net · sbj@sbj.net AUDITPENDING SPRINGFIELD BUSINESS JOURNAL (ISSN 1075-2803) is published weekly, by SBJ Publishing Inc., 313 Park Central West, Springfield, Mo. 65806, phone (417) 831-3238, fax (417) 864-4901, email sbj@sbj.net. Copyright by SBJ Publishing Inc. 2019. All rights reserved. Reproduction or use without permission of editorial or graphic content in any manner is prohibited. 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Publisher Jennifer Jackson · jjackson@sbj.net Associate Publisher Marty Goodnight · mgoodnight@sbj.net Founder and Board Director Dianne Elizabeth Osis · delizabeth@sbj.net SBJ.NET EDITORIAL Editorial Director Eric Olson · eolson@sbj.net Features Editor Christine Temple · ctemple@sbj.net Web Producer Geoff Pickle · gpickle@sbj.net Reporters Kyle Boaz · kboaz@sbj.net Mike Cullinan · mcullinan@sbj.net Researcher Matthew Henderson · mhenderson@sbj.net Editorial Designer and Photographer Wes Hamilton · whamilton@sbj.net CIRCULATION Circulation Director Diana Weber · dweber@sbj.net ADVERTISING Vice President of Business Development Todd Brierly · tbrierly@sbj.net Account Executives Linda Merkling · lmerkling@sbj.net Valerie Pister · vpister@sbj.net Karen Ross · kross@sbj.net CREATIVE SERVICES Vice President Mar’Ellen Felin · mfelin@sbj.net Lead Designer and Photographer Heather Mosley · hmosley@sbj.net Designer and Photographer Amanda Miller · amiller@sbj.net Writer and Designer Kristi Merideth · kmerideth@sbj.net ADMINISTRATION Office Manager Amy Egger · aegger@sbj.net region,” efactory Director Rachel Anderson said via email. Anderson joined the efactory in Janu- ary 2015 after the organization received a $140,000 MTC grant to fund an entre- preneurial specialist position. She was pro- moted to the director post in October 2018, after serving in an in- terim capacity. The efactory also was a recipient of a $300,000 MOBEC grant that helped launch the incubator’s business accelerator, a 12-week program in which participating companies receive a $30,000 investment in exchange for 8 percent equity. The fourth cohort is set to begin in May. Grant plans With the new grant, the efactory intends to add staff and new entrepreneurial pro- grams, expand corporate programs, and refine mentorship and business consulting services. Anderson said via email changes to its mentorship and corporate innovation programs are still in the planning stages, but they’ll be announced soon. “We are constantly reviewing our full suite of programs and offerings and continu- ously improving them to best serve entre- preneurs and small- business owners in southwest Missouri,” she said. In addition, Ander- son said a new position would be added soon to the efactory staff, which numbers nearly 20. Details of the job, including timing and title, are still being worked out, she added. Anderson was among the efactory staff attending the 20th annual InvestMidwest Venture Capital Forum on March 19-20 in Kansas City. The conference showcased more than 40 companies in industry tracks of life sciences, technology and food, agri- culture and bioenergy. While she declined to further detail the planned expansion of the efactory’s cor- porate innovation programs, Anderson noted such companies as CoxHealth have achieved success in partnering with the or- ganization through innovation events and introductions to startups. She pointed to CoxHealth’s Innovation Accelerator, which held its fourth annual event in January at the efactory and had an idea for virtual reality training born from the 2018 event. CoxHealth con- nected last year with VR platform Tacit, a spinoff of development studio Self Interac- tive, an efactory client. The health care system is initially invest- ing $50,000 with Tacit for VR software and equipment to train staff in its environmen- tal services department. CoxHealth held an internal launch event March 19 to show- case its new VR training module. Startup community Through services at the efactory, Small Business Development Center at MSU and Jordan Valley Innovation Center, Anderson said the organization has served nearly 900 new business clients and helped create over 1,400 new jobs since opening in 2013. “Our assistance has helped clients realize over $61 million in capital and equity and more than $10 million in research and grant support,” she said. “We are very proud of the contributions and im- pact to our community. “The efactory was created to serve as a one-stop shop for small-business owners and entrepreneurs, and it’s no secret that Springfield does collabora- tion well,” Anderson added. “We couldn’t do what we do without the tremendous support from our community and business partners. The efactory is Springfield’s startup, and our success is our community’s success.” Anderson said the efactory has been fully occupied for 18 months, with more than 45 companies currently operating out of the downtown facility in MSU’s Robert W. Plaster Free Enterprise Center, 405 N. Jef- ferson Ave. She told SBJ in August 2018 the incubator has made a profit during each of its first five years of operation. 100 New investment-grade startups expected through grant 18 Months the efactory has been fully occupied Grant: Efactory plans to add staff, programs Continued from page 1 ON THE RECORD FROM THE COVER Outdoor Creations and Design LLC; same; 8472 E. Farm Road 134, Strafford 65757; same; (417) 848-6349; special trades contractor. Chipper Solomon and Colby McCormack; Ozark Asphalt Coating LLC; 1355 S. Jones Mill Lane 65809; same; (417) 766-2699; special trades contractor. Ozarks Roofing LLC; same; 4563 W. Kingsbury St. 65802; same; (417) 599- 2070; special trades contractor. Public Safety Solutions Missouri LLC; same; P.O. Box 8944 65801; 1232 E. Division St.; (417) 459-4040; repair. Raymond Jordan; RJ’s Roofing & Re- modeling; 912 N. Forest Ave. 65802; same; (417) 408-4322; special trades contractor. Show Me Proclean LLC; same; 111 W. Twin Oak Drive, Nixa 65714; same; (417) 354- 9029; cleaning/maintenance service. Springfield Motor Co.; Voss Boss LLC; 1440 E. Lark St. 65804; same; (417) 771- 5524; auto dealer. Talk Pretty To Me Salon; Richelle Bingman; 2717 S. Roundhill Road, Brookline 65619; 3636 S. Campbell Ave.; (417) 459-0930; retail merchant and beauty shop. Thumbs Up Environmental LLC; same; 716 S. Broadview Drive 65809; same; (417) 234-3661; distributor. Torgeson Electric; same; 3545 S.W. Sixth Ave., Topeka, KS 66606; same; (785) 233-2213; contractor. Verizon; E&P Wireless LLC; 433 Ruby Road, Carl Junction 64834; 4939 W. Chestnut Expressway; (417) 609-1935; retail merchant. White Rose; Teresa Brown; 121 Peachtree Drive, Nixa 65714; same; (417) 430- 8932; cleaning/maintenance service. William A. Deal; same; 5730 S. Fair Oak Road 65810; same; (417) 425-3432; service agent. BUILDING LICENSES, from page 29 Continued on page 34