Laine Cibulskis

3 weeks ago | columbiamissourian.com | Elena Fu |Laine Cibulskis

By Elena Fu,By Laine Cibulskis, Missouri Business Alert Jayci Gesling had two weeks to score the first 25 donors for her Kiva loan, a crowd-funded zero percent interest loan. Plans for the joint indoor play space and coffee shop she'd dwelled on for years were solidifying, but the Kiva loan would make securing the money to buy the café equipment more effective than the traditional Small Business Administration loan, packed with the oozing wound of interest rates.

3 weeks ago | missouribusinessalert.com | Laine Cibulskis

Jayci Gesling had two weeks to score the first 25 donors for her Kiva loan, a crowd-funded zero percent interest loan. Plans for the joint indoor play space and coffee shop she’d dwelled on for years were solidifying, but the Kiva loan would make securing the money to buy the café equipment more effective than the traditional Small Business Administration loan, packed with the oozing wound of interest rates. She was asking for $9,000 from friends, family and the public.

3 weeks ago | missouribusinessalert.com | Laine Cibulskis |Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval |Yasha Mikolajczak |Rachel Goodbee

This week the Business Brief podcast looks at the challenges underrepresented entrepreneurs face to access capital. Then it checks how the United States' reliance on a powerful fertilizer has kept it off the White House’s tariff list — for now. Business Brief is a podcast covering business news and issues shaping the state. Find more Business Brief on our website or wherever you get podcasts.

1 month ago | missouribusinessalert.com | Cristal Sanchez |Laine Cibulskis |Yasha Mikolajczak |Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval

This week's episode of the Business Brief podcast checks on an import-reliant Columbia market that just opened its doors to tariff turmoil. Plus, the show looks at the state of self-checkout lanes in Missouri supermarkets amid a broader industry shift. Business Brief is a podcast covering business news and issues shaping the state. Find more Business Brief on our website or wherever you get podcasts.

1 month ago | columbiamissourian.com | Laine Cibulskis

By By Laine Cibulskis, Missouri Business Alert Shoppers have no choice but to check out their groceries with a clerk at the Hy-Vees in Columbia. Hy-Vee began removing self-checkout machines earlier this year. Grocery stores across the nation have adopted the self-checkout technology en masse over the last decade, hoping that fewer employees needed to check out groceries could lower costs.