Innovate SOMO Roundtable

We believe in dreaming big and setting ambitious goals. We believe in community and momentum. And we believe in the power of partnerships to advance our region and state. We are excited to launch a first-of-its-kind partnership that will transform entrepreneurial support and workforce development across southern Missouri. Recent grant awards from the Missouri Technology Corporation to both eFactory and Codefi will jumpstart the acceleration of digital workforce development and job creation and support the growth of the next generation of industry-leading, high-growth companies in 47 counties across southern Missouri. This is just the beginning! The goal of this event is to discuss the resources that exist and programs that are planned for delivery to jumpstart the initiative, additional resources being sought, and where there is partnership and collaboration opportunities across southern Missouri. This event will empower us to collectively make southern Missouri the best place to start and grow a business and to pursue large, regional grant awards to benefit the doers and change makers across the region.

Any entrepreneurial, innovation, workforce development, economic development, STEM, or tech education stakeholders and/or the people who “make things happen.”

Proposed agenda:

• Introductions
• Brief Presentation of Innovate SOMO
• Partnership Opportunities and Discussion