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Missouri lags in R&D

November 4, 2007 | 2 Comments

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports on a new study showing that Missouri ranks near the bottom for many measures high tech startups and entrepreneurship.  Lots of good research is going in Missouri universities, but little of that is translating into new businesses and new jobs. Our neigbhoring states are way ahead on this one.  Here in KC it is obvious to most any technology worker who has to deal with commuting to Johnson County, KS to find work in their chosen field.

The culprit is almost no government investment, so a group of business leaders is pushing for $17 million a year in state money to jump start the whole thing.   The study was done by UMKC for a new group calling itself Grow Me State.  So far it doesn’t look like any KC media outlets have picked up on the story.

Categories: Business, Missouri


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