Contractor pitches winning business plan

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

A Columbia remodeling contractor has won StartUp Jeff City’s business plan competition by pitching a “cleaner more efficient way to paint” — but he’s remaining coy about the plan’s specifics.

Dyarl (pronounced Daryl) Lewis won Saturday’s Pitch It & Win It competition, earning him $2,000 cash and various other donated prizes.

“I was thrilled,” he said in a Tuesday phone interview. “I had absolutely no expectations of winning.”

He outpitched 15 other entrepreneurs who each gave ....

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nitrohype 7 months, 2 weeks ago

So a Columbia business owner WON the "JEFFERSON CITY" Start up competition. Does anyone else see what's wrong with this. Can we just be annexed by Columbia already. Jeff City officials are not supporting their own citizens.

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