Springfield Business Journal_2019-03-25

SPRINGFIELD BUSINESS JOURNAL · 3 MARCH 25-31, 2019 NEWS IN THIS ISSUE Ozark Timber Frame uses Amish techniques in its construction, evident in The Barley House at Moon Town Crossing. PAGE 6 Dogs have a new place to visit in the Queen City with a second Camp Bow Wow, managed by Carsen Baron. PAGE 5 Vol. 39 No. 36 A letter to the editor says buildings aren’t the an swer to SPS’ problems. OPINION PAGE 35 It’s the monster that lurks beneath that nobody knows about.” —Brandon Freeman, Trekk Design Group associate partner, on aging stormwater and sewer pipes Page 10 QUOTE OF THE WEEK by Mike Cullinan · mcullinan@sbj.net The size of a state linked deposit program has hit more than $600 million – tripling in size over the past year and it’s threatening to hit a $720 million cap. That’s led state of- ficials to find ways to bolster its long-term viability. Missouri FIRST – which stands for Financing Invest- ment in our Rural, Small business, and Technology communities – has grown from $200 million just a year prior, according to state Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick. “I was a little sur- prised,” said Fitz- patrick, who took office Jan. 14, after being appointed by Gov. Mike Parson to succeed new Attorney General Eric Schmitt. “It was an unanticipated priority that we adopted very early on.” Through the growing program, the state WES HAMILTON IN THE STUDIO Kurt Theobald, CEO of Classy Llama Studios, is launching leadership training videos and an app for married couples. Classy Llama CEO takes on leadership in next venture by Kyle Boaz · kboaz@sbj.net Serial entrepreneur Kurt Theobald is in the midst of two new projects, one of which just went live. TheCEOofSpringfielddigitalcommerce firm Classy Llama Studios LLC, Theobald has launched Original Leadership, a video training series designed to grow leadership qualities in individuals. He said the idea “is for every person to know and fully express who they really are.” Theobald and his team have produced 23 Original Leadership videos since launching March 7 on YouTube. “We say the first team you have to lead is yourself, so there’s a lot of things that get out of whack internally just because of how we grow up, the different influ- ences we have in our lives,” Theobald said. “There’s so many things that create what we call incoherence inside of us.” A website, OriginalLeadership.com, is also live. Posted videos are titled, “The Lies That Bind Us,” “Saying No to Bad In- vestment” and “Don’t Worship Growth.” “I think most of leadership is just un- leashing what’s true in a person and dis- assembling or breaking down what’s false in them. And if you do those things, then naturally good things are going to flow out of that person,” Theobald said. “You’ve got to stay connected to the people around you in order to be effective.” He enlisted the help of Springfield- based content creators Rift Theory to develop and structure content along with See DEPOSITS on page 38 See LEAD on page 29 Treasurer reforms linked deposit program Missouri FIRST triples in size to $600M over past year Scott Fitzpatrick: Program would have capped out this year if no changes were made.