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Family Business Awards

June 18, 2025 | 7:30AM - 9AM | Hilton Frontenac Hotel

PRESENTED BY COMMERCE BANK. The annual Family Business Awards honors some of the area's top family-owned businesses. Find out how these companies have succeeded over generations. Presented by Commerce Bank. the event is also sponsored by CMA . For more information, call 314-569-0076. Cost: $35, Tables of 10 are $350. Call 314.569.0076. Click here to order your tickets.

St. Louis Business Expo 2025

Oct. 9, 2025 | 11AM - 5PM | St. Charles Convention Center

The Expo is the largest business-to-business conference in Missouri, where 2,000-3,000 professionals come to learn, network and grow their business. The day includes an opening workshop, a full day’s worth of seminars and workshops, an awards luncheon, more than 100 exhibitors and a networking happy hour. For a booth at the event, contact Pat Coates at 314.569.0076, ext. 109 or email her at pat@sbmon.com. For more information on the Expo, click here.

Best In Business Award Luncheon

Oct. 9, 2025 | 11AM - 1PM | St. Charles Convention Center

Succeeding PRESENTED BY BANK OF AMERICA. We asked St. Louis area businesses to help us identify the 70 BEST businesses in the St. Louis area. Not the biggest, but the best businesses. We've counted the nominations and votes, and we'll bring the top 70 companies to one luncheon to honor them. Come and meet these outstanding companies and find out what makes them the very BEST. Event Sponsors: Bank of America, Alliance Technologies and Vistage. Cost: $55, Tables of 10 are $550. Click here to order tickets. Call 314.569.0076

Best In Business Speaker Series

October 2025 | 7:30AM - 9AM | Vue 17

PRESENTED BY BANK OF AMERICA. BUILDING A ONE-OF-A-KIND CULTURE. Learn from the area's top business owners what it takes to build a one-of-a-kind work culture. Join a panel of experts as they share their best practices on sales and marketing, and learn what it takes to build one of the BEST companies in St. Louis. FREE to attend. Click here to RSVP.

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Summer Internships

How Short-Term Hires Bring Long-Term Benefits

by Julie Tuggle-Nguyen

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