Speaking Startup: Revitalizing rural Missouri through entrepreneurship

On this episode of Speaking Startup, we hear an interview with Sandy Allison, the executive director of the Marshall-Saline Development Corporation in mid-Missouri. As part of Missouri Business Alert’s Outstate project, we spoke with Allison about her ideas on how to revitalize small towns like Marshall. Then, we turn to a conversation with Dr. Michael Holtzman, a physician and professor at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Holztman has done pioneering research about respiratory disease, and he formed a startup to commercialize some of that research. Here's the full rundown: • 1:37 - The latest headlines in startup news • 3:44 - Interview with Sandy Allison, executive director at the Marshall-Saline Development Corporation • 7:32 - Interview with Dr. Michael Holtzman • 14:07 - Numbers in startup news, and a quote for the road