Quilting Startup Uses Tech Mindset to Get Ahead of Competition | Top of Mind Episode 51 (Part 2)
This week on Top of Mind, we travel to Hamilton, Mo. for the second half of our two-part series to see how one of Missouri Star Quilt Company's co-founders used his tech background to put this startup ahead of its competition. Pairing up with his mother and several of his siblings, Alan Doan took his mom's passion for quilting and turned it into a business that's now employing almost 20 percent of their hometown. With his entrepreneurial experience in Techstars and beyond, Alan has taken a classic craft and given it life in the digital world.

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