Women’s Symposium speakers encourage entrepreneurship, grit

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Jennifer Bardot, best selling author and publisher & CEO/founder of GRIT, served as keynote and closing speaker Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at the inaugural Jefferson City Women's Symposium at the Capital Bluffs Event Center.
Julie Smith/News Tribune photo: Jennifer Bardot, best selling author and publisher & CEO/founder of GRIT, served as keynote and closing speaker Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at the inaugural Jefferson City Women's Symposium at the Capital Bluffs Event Center.

It's never too late, Maxine Clark said.

The founder of St. Louis-based Build-A-Bear Workshop and Delmar DivINe, a rehab project for the former St. Luke's Hospital, told more than 150 attendees at Wednesday's inaugural Jefferson City Women's Symposium that she started her iconic brand at age 48.

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